Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
EDMUND BURKEThe 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.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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All the forces of darkness need to succeed … is for the people to do nothing.
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One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
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Great men are never sufficiently shown but in struggles.
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We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
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Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
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Our patience will achieve more than our force.
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Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.
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Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
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Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.
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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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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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Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.
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Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it’s yellow.
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A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
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