The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
EDMUND BURKEIn a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
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Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
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Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
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Great men are never sufficiently shown but in struggles.
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Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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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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All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.
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Education is the cheap defense of nations.
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Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.
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By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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The credulity of dupes is as inexhaustible as the invention of knaves.
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Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
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The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
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If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
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Those who have been intoxicated with power… can never willingly abandon it.
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Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.
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