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Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.

Edmund Burke

They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.
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Defend Errors Inheritance
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
Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
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Caution Wisdom
No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
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Act Fear Mindset Passion Power Reason
That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors, is to keep the Spirit of Liberty constantly awake, is an undeniable truth.
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Awake Greatness Liberty People Security Superior Truth
People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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Ancestor Past People
People must be taken as they are, and we should never try make them or ourselves better by quarreling with them.
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Acceptance Better Fight People Quarrel Try
Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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Flatter Generosity Receive
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
Education is the cheap defense of nations.
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Cheap Defense Education Nation
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
A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatience of suffering.
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Attack Impatience Passion Popular Rebel Suffering
Turn over a new leaf.
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Let Go One Liner Start
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
Rage and frenzy will pull down more in half an hour than prudence, deliberation, and foresight can build up in a hundred years.
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Build Prudence Rage Time
Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
EDMUND BURKE

Art Creation Essential Man Religion Theory

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