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" If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived. "
Edmund Burke
People
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Rest
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" When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people. "
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" Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all. "
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" The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth. "
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" Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own. "
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Play
Little
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Will
Example
" Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny. "
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Bad
Legal
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May
Liberty
" Superstition is the religion of feeble minds. "
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Feeble
" Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing. "
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Nothing
Shadows
" By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation. "
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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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" Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing. "
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