The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
EDMUND BURKETo speak of atrocious crime in mild language is treason to virtue.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of the great.
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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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You can never plan the future by the past.
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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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Equity money is dynamic and debt money is static.
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The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
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Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.
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When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
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History is a pact between the dead, the living, and the yet unborn.
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Good order is the foundation of all things.
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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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Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it’s yellow.
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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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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Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
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