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Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Edmund Burke

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
Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told their duty.
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Love Man Power
All the forces of darkness need to succeed … is for the people to do nothing.
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Darkness Force Need People Success
Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
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Caution Wisdom
All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.
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Equality Man Right
History is a pact between the dead, the living, and the yet unborn.
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Born Death History Live Value
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
Education is the cheap defense of nations.
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Cheap Defense Education Nation
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
By hating vices too much, they come to love men too little.
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Hate Love Vice
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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Greatness Himself Mistake
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
He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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Help Nerve Ourselves Strength Struggle
Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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End Goal Mindset Noble Oneself Weakness
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

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