One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
EDMUND BURKEThe true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
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Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
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Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue.
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Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
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Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability.
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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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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
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Dogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation.
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A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
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If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
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The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
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He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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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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