Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue.
EDMUND BURKEThose who attempt to level never equalize.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
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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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One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
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All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
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Turn over a new leaf.
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By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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Dogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation.
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Good order is the foundation of all things.
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The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
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Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
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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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Those who have been intoxicated with power… can never willingly abandon it.
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Those who attempt to level never equalize.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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History is a pact between the dead, the living, and the yet unborn.
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