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The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.

Edmund Burke

I cannot conceive how any man can have brought himself to that pitch of presumption, to consider his country as nothing but carte blanche, upon which he may scribble whatever he pleases.
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Assumption Country Himself Man
A coward’s courage is in his tongue.
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Courage Coward Tongue
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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Betrayal Himself Industry Opinion Representation Sacrifice Service
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
Turn over a new leaf.
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Let Go One Liner Start
Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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Government Injustice Oppression
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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Evil Goodness Man Necessary
People crushed by law, have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws; and those who have much hope and nothing to lose, will always be dangerous.
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Dangerous Enemy Hope Law People Power Willing
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.
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Accomplishment God Judgement Moral World
Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
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Caution Wisdom
A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatience of suffering.
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Attack Impatience Passion Popular Rebel Suffering
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
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
The credulity of dupes is as inexhaustible as the invention of knaves.
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Credit Invention Knife
All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.
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Equality Man Right
Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
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Act Evil Failure Goodness Man

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