The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
EDMUND BURKEApplaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.
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Those who attempt to level never equalize.
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Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
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All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.
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Education is the cheap defense of nations.
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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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What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.
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Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.
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You can never plan the future by the past.
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A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatience of suffering.
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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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All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
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The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
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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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To speak of atrocious crime in mild language is treason to virtue.
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