The grave is a common treasury, to which we must all be taken.
EDMUND BURKEThe greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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Those who attempt to level never equalize.
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Education is the cheap defense of nations.
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All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.
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When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
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Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.
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The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
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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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The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.
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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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A great empire and little minds go ill together.
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To speak of atrocious crime in mild language is treason to virtue.
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Prudence is not only the first in rank of the virtues political and moral, but she is the director and regulator, the standard of them all.
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