Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
EDMUND BURKEThe people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
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The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
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All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.
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The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
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He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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Education is the cheap defense of nations.
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When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
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Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.
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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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All the forces of darkness need to succeed … is for the people to do nothing.
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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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Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.
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What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.
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Turn over a new leaf.
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In history, a great volume is unrolled for our instruction, drawing the materials of future wisdom from the past errors and infirmities of mankind.
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