A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatience of suffering.
EDMUND BURKEMen love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told their duty.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors, is to keep the Spirit of Liberty constantly awake, is an undeniable truth.
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True religion is the foundation of society. When that is once shaken by contempt, the whole fabric cannot be stable nor lasting.
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Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.
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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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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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Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
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When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
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The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
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If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
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Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.
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History consists, for the greater part, of the miseries brought upon the world by pride, ambition, avarice, revenge, lust, sedition, hypocrisy, ungoverned zeal, and all the train of disorderly appetite.
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Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue.
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Dogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation.
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One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
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Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
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