The greatest sin is to do nothing because you can only do a little.
EDMUND BURKEThere 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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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of the great.
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Our patience will achieve more than our force.
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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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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.
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Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
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Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
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All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
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Good order is the foundation of all things.
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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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Education is the cheap defense of nations.
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Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
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All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is good men doing nothing.
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But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
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