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They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.

Edmund Burke

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.
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Evil Fate Goodness Man Politics Rule
Those who have been intoxicated with power… can never willingly abandon it.
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Abandonment Power Willing
A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatience of suffering.
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Attack Impatience Passion Popular Rebel Suffering
Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
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Despair Work
History is a pact between the dead, the living, and the yet unborn.
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Born Death History Live Value
Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.
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Applaud Fall Recover Run
Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
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Greatness Justice Policy
Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told their duty.
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Love Man Power
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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Evil Goodness Man Necessary
Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
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Justice Liberty Opinion Safety Separate
The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
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Crisis Fire Hot Moral Reserve Time
Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.
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Company Conversation Friendship Goodness Greatness Happiness Live
There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity – the law of nature and of nations.
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Creator Government Law Nation Nature
There is a boundary to men’s passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.
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Act Boundary Feeling Imagination Influence Man Passion
Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
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Act Evil Failure Goodness Man
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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Digest Eat Reading Reflection

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