Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
EDMUND BURKEJustice 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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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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It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
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What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.
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Good order is the foundation of all things.
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People must be taken as they are, and we should never try make them or ourselves better by quarreling with them.
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We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
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All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.
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They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.
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The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.
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The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
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Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.
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Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told their duty.
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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
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Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.
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