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Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.

Edmund Burke

Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
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Caution Wisdom
Dogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation.
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Affection Animal Creation Social
Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.
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Destiny History Repeat
History is a pact between the dead, the living, and the yet unborn.
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Born Death History Live Value
To speak of atrocious crime in mild language is treason to virtue.
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Crime Death Language Talk Treason Value
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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Digest Eat Reading Reflection
In history, a great volume is unrolled for our instruction, drawing the materials of future wisdom from the past errors and infirmities of mankind.
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Errors History Instruction Kind Man Past Volume Wisdom
All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
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Barter Found Government Human Virtue
The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.
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Evil Fate Goodness Man Politics Rule
All the forces of darkness need to succeed … is for the people to do nothing.
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Darkness Force Need People Success
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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Council Evil Hands Irresponsibility Necessary Success Wash
Great men are never sufficiently shown but in struggles.
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Greatness Man Struggle
Nothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well think of rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant.
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Infant Original Planning Thinking
No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
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Act Fear Mindset Passion Power Reason
Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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Flatter Generosity Receive
General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.
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Encouragement People Provoke Rebel Revolution Time

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