An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.
EDMUND BURKEPeople 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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Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.
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The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
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All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing as they must if they believe they can do nothing. There is nothing worse because the council of despair is declaration of irresponsibility; it is Pilate washing his hands.
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Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
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Those who have been intoxicated with power… can never willingly abandon it.
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Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
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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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The credulity of dupes is as inexhaustible as the invention of knaves.
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A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatience of suffering.
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A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
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There is no safety for honest men, but by believing all possible evil of evil men, and by acting with promptitude, decision, and steadiness on that belief.
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The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
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Education is the cheap defense of nations.
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The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
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He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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