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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.

Edmund Burke

Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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Government Injustice Oppression
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
One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
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Enemy Evil Goodness Oneself
Dogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation.
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Affection Animal Creation Social
Good order is the foundation of all things.
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Foundation Goodness One Liner
Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.
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Economics Economy Essential Expense True
Those who have been intoxicated with power… can never willingly abandon it.
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Abandonment Power Willing
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
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
Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
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Caution Wisdom
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
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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Digest Eat Reading Reflection
The grave is a common treasury, to which we must all be taken.
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Grave Ourselves Treasure
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
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
In history, a great volume is unrolled for our instruction, drawing the materials of future wisdom from the past errors and infirmities of mankind.
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Errors History Instruction Kind Man Past Volume Wisdom

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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