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Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

Edmund Burke

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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End Goal Mindset Noble Oneself Weakness
Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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Government Injustice Oppression
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
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
When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
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Fear Knowledge Learning Yourself
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
There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity – the law of nature and of nations.
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Creator Government Law Nation Nature
The greatest sin is to do nothing because you can only do a little.
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Greatness Sin Yourself
Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
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Art Creation Essential Man Religion Theory
Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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Kind Learning Man
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
Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it’s yellow.
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Freedom Gold Silence Yourself
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
The grave is a common treasury, to which we must all be taken.
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Grave Ourselves Treasure
It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.
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Constitution Forever Freedom Mindset Passion

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