True religion is the foundation of society. When that is once shaken by contempt, the whole fabric cannot be stable nor lasting.
EDMUND BURKEReligion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
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A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatience of suffering.
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Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told their duty.
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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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To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
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Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.
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The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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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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Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.
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Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
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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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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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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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