The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
EDMUND BURKEThe great inlet by which a colour for oppression has entered into the world is by one man’s pretending to determine concerning the happiness of another.
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Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
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The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
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Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
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Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue.
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All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is good men doing nothing.
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There is no safety for honest men, but by believing all possible evil of evil men, and by acting with promptitude, decision, and steadiness on that belief.
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Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.
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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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Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.
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Those who attempt to level never equalize.
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Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
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