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What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.

Edmund Burke

Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
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Justice Liberty Opinion Safety Separate
He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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Help Nerve Ourselves Strength Struggle
The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
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Essence Force Law Stupidity
General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.
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Encouragement People Provoke Rebel Revolution Time
Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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Kind Learning Man
What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.
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God Man Separate Unity
People crushed by law, have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws; and those who have much hope and nothing to lose, will always be dangerous.
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Dangerous Enemy Hope Law People Power Willing
Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.
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Absence Existence Liberty Moral
To speak of atrocious crime in mild language is treason to virtue.
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Crime Death Language Talk Treason Value
Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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Government Injustice Oppression
I cannot conceive how any man can have brought himself to that pitch of presumption, to consider his country as nothing but carte blanche, upon which he may scribble whatever he pleases.
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Assumption Country Himself Man
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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Domination Greatness
The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.
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Evil Fate Goodness Man Politics Rule
Good order is the foundation of all things.
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Foundation Goodness One Liner
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
All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is good men doing nothing.
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Evil Goodness Man Ourselves

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