When a great man has some one object in view to be achieved in a given time, it may be absolutely necessary for him to walk out of all the common roads.
EDMUND BURKEAll the forces of darkness need to succeed … is for the people to do nothing.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.
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When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
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Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
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There is no safety for honest men, but by believing all possible evil of evil men, and by acting with promptitude, decision, and steadiness on that belief.
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This sort of people are so taken up with their theories about the rights of man that they have totally forgotten his nature.
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The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
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People must be taken as they are, and we should never try make them or ourselves better by quarreling with them.
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Our patience will achieve more than our force.
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The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
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All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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Prudence is not only the first in rank of the virtues political and moral, but she is the director and regulator, the standard of them all.
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A coward’s courage is in his tongue.
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