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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Edmund Burke

All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is good men doing nothing.
EDMUND BURKE

Evil Goodness Man Ourselves
Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.
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Applaud Fall Recover Run
Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
EDMUND BURKE

Kind Learning Man
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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Creator Government Law Nation Nature
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
When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
EDMUND BURKE

Fear Knowledge Learning Yourself
History consists, for the greater part, of the miseries brought upon the world by pride, ambition, avarice, revenge, lust, sedition, hypocrisy, ungoverned zeal, and all the train of disorderly appetite.
EDMUND BURKE

Appetite Greatness History Misery Pride Training World
A great empire and little minds go ill together.
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Empire Greatness Mindset Togetherness
By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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Mistake Nation Power Small
Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe.
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Breathe Corruption Important Law Refine
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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Director Politics Prudent Standard Virtue
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.
EDMUND BURKE

Greatness Liberty Madness Possible Restraint Virtue Wisdom
We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
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Greatness Law Nature Obedience Powerful
All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.
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Equality Man Right
Good order is the foundation of all things.
EDMUND BURKE

Foundation Goodness One Liner
There is nothing that God has judged good for us that He has not given us the means to accomplish, both in the natural and the moral world.
EDMUND BURKE

Accomplishment God Judgement Moral World

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