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One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.

Edmund Burke

There is nothing that God has judged good for us that He has not given us the means to accomplish, both in the natural and the moral world.
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Accomplishment God Judgement Moral World
One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
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Enemy Evil Goodness Oneself
Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
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Caution Wisdom
Those who have been intoxicated with power… can never willingly abandon it.
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Abandonment Power Willing
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
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Delusion Give Up Liberty People
The blood of man should never be shed but to redeem the blood of man. It is well shed for our family, for our friends, for our God, for our country, for our kind. The rest is vanity; the rest is crime.
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Blood Country Crime Family Friendship Kind Man Rest
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
You can never plan the future by the past.
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Future Past Planning Yourself
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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Director Politics Prudent Standard Virtue
Our patience will achieve more than our force.
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Achievement Force Ourselves Patience
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
Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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Flatter Generosity Receive
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
When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
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Fear Knowledge Learning Yourself
Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
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Greatness Justice Policy
True religion is the foundation of society. When that is once shaken by contempt, the whole fabric cannot be stable nor lasting.
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