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The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.

Edmund Burke

One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
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Enemy Evil Goodness Oneself
But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
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Age Economics Forever Success
Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
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Deep Goodness Tolerance
What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.
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God Man Separate Unity
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.
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Creator Government Law Nation Nature
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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Digest Eat Reading Reflection
There is a boundary to men’s passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.
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Act Boundary Feeling Imagination Influence Man Passion
Those who attempt to level never equalize.
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Equality Level
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
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Delusion Give Up Liberty People
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
But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.
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Greatness Liberty Madness Possible Restraint Virtue Wisdom
Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.
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Destiny History Repeat
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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Abuse Dangerous Greatness Power
Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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End Goal Mindset Noble Oneself Weakness
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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Evil Goodness Man Necessary
Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
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Art Creation Essential Man Religion Theory

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