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Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.

Edmund Burke

I cannot conceive how any man can have brought himself to that pitch of presumption, to consider his country as nothing but carte blanche, upon which he may scribble whatever he pleases.
EDMUND BURKE

Assumption Country Himself Man
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
EDMUND BURKE

Digest Eat Reading Reflection
The credulity of dupes is as inexhaustible as the invention of knaves.
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Credit Invention Knife
But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.
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Greatness Liberty Madness Possible Restraint Virtue Wisdom
Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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End Goal Mindset Noble Oneself Weakness
Those who attempt to level never equalize.
EDMUND BURKE

Equality Level
Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
EDMUND BURKE

Deep Goodness Tolerance
Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
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Corruption Existence Liberty People
It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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Exact Greatness Nature
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
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Mindset Religion Superstition
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
The blood of man should never be shed but to redeem the blood of man. It is well shed for our family, for our friends, for our God, for our country, for our kind. The rest is vanity; the rest is crime.
EDMUND BURKE

Blood Country Crime Family Friendship Kind Man Rest
All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.
EDMUND BURKE

Equality Man Right
The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again; and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.
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Alone Force Government Moments Temporary
The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
EDMUND BURKE

Multitude Tyranny
You can never plan the future by the past.
EDMUND BURKE

Future Past Planning Yourself

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