The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
EDMUND BURKEThe essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
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The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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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.
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Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.
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The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
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Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
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Those who have been intoxicated with power… can never willingly abandon it.
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The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
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A coward’s courage is in his tongue.
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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
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Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.
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Education is the cheap defense of nations.
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