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Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

Edmund Burke

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
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Citizenship Democracy Exercise Majority Minority Oppression
Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability.
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Ability Man Ourselves Regular
The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
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Crisis Fire Hot Moral Reserve Time
A coward’s courage is in his tongue.
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Courage Coward Tongue
The greatest sin is to do nothing because you can only do a little.
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Greatness Sin Yourself
The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
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Multitude Tyranny
This sort of people are so taken up with their theories about the rights of man that they have totally forgotten his nature.
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Forget Man Nature People Right Theory
All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing as they must if they believe they can do nothing. There is nothing worse because the council of despair is declaration of irresponsibility; it is Pilate washing his hands.
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Council Evil Hands Irresponsibility Necessary Success Wash
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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Evil Goodness Man Necessary
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
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Delusion Give Up Liberty People
Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites.
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Appetite Liberty Man Qualification
You can never plan the future by the past.
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Future Past Planning Yourself
The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
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Essence Force Law Stupidity
It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.
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Humanity Justice Law Myself Reason
Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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King Principle Rebel Subject Tyranny
Our patience will achieve more than our force.
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Achievement Force Ourselves Patience

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