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The credulity of dupes is as inexhaustible as the invention of knaves.

Edmund Burke

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.
EDMUND BURKE

Act Attitude Belief Believe Decision Honesty Man Possible Safety
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.
EDMUND BURKE

Council Evil Hands Irresponsibility Necessary Success Wash
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.
EDMUND BURKE

Betrayal Himself Industry Opinion Representation Sacrifice Service
True religion is the foundation of society. When that is once shaken by contempt, the whole fabric cannot be stable nor lasting.
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Foundation Religion Society Stability True
Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
EDMUND BURKE

Caution Wisdom
There 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.
EDMUND BURKE

Creator Government Law Nation Nature
All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.
EDMUND BURKE

Equality Man Right
Dogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation.
EDMUND BURKE

Affection Animal Creation Social
You can never plan the future by the past.
EDMUND BURKE

Future Past Planning Yourself
Equity money is dynamic and debt money is static.
EDMUND BURKE

Money Statistics
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
EDMUND BURKE

Greatness Himself Mistake
Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
EDMUND BURKE

Agreement Politics
A coward’s courage is in his tongue.
EDMUND BURKE

Courage Coward Tongue
All the forces of darkness need to succeed … is for the people to do nothing.
EDMUND BURKE

Darkness Force Need People Success
Education is the cheap defense of nations.
EDMUND BURKE

Cheap Defense Education Nation
Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told their duty.
EDMUND BURKE

Love Man Power

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