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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

People must be taken as they are, and we should never try make them or ourselves better by quarreling with them.
EDMUND BURKE

Acceptance Better Fight People Quarrel Try
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.
EDMUND BURKE

Awake Greatness Liberty People Security Superior Truth
The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
EDMUND BURKE

Multitude Tyranny
You can never plan the future by the past.
EDMUND BURKE

Future Past Planning Yourself
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.
EDMUND BURKE

Council Evil Hands Irresponsibility Necessary Success Wash
A great empire and little minds go ill together.
EDMUND BURKE

Empire Greatness Mindset Togetherness
Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
EDMUND BURKE

End Goal Mindset Noble Oneself Weakness
The credulity of dupes is as inexhaustible as the invention of knaves.
EDMUND BURKE

Credit Invention Knife
In history, a great volume is unrolled for our instruction, drawing the materials of future wisdom from the past errors and infirmities of mankind.
EDMUND BURKE

Errors History Instruction Kind Man Past Volume Wisdom
The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again; and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.
EDMUND BURKE

Alone Force Government Moments Temporary
Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.
EDMUND BURKE

Difference Fatal Religion
A coward’s courage is in his tongue.
EDMUND BURKE

Courage Coward Tongue
The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.
EDMUND BURKE

Evil Fate Goodness Man Politics Rule
Turn over a new leaf.
EDMUND BURKE

Let Go One Liner Start
The great inlet by which a colour for oppression has entered into the world is by one man’s pretending to determine concerning the happiness of another.
EDMUND BURKE

Color Determination Greatness Happiness Oppression Pretend
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
EDMUND BURKE

Greatness Himself Mistake

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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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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