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The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of the great.

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But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
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The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
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General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.
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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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Our patience will achieve more than our force.
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In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
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One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
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Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
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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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Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.
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Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
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The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.
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Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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