In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
EDMUND BURKEAll that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing as they must if they believe they can do nothing. There is nothing worse because the council of despair is declaration of irresponsibility; it is Pilate washing his hands.
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Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability.
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Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing as they must if they believe they can do nothing. There is nothing worse because the council of despair is declaration of irresponsibility; it is Pilate washing his hands.
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Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
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The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
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Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
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Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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History is a pact between the dead, the living, and the yet unborn.
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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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Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
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Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
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Good order is the foundation of all things.
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This sort of people are so taken up with their theories about the rights of man that they have totally forgotten his nature.
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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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