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910No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear. Edmund Burke- 0 0 •
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815In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature. Edmund Burke
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Edmund Burke Quote on the way which legislatures are supposed to function -
825There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination. Edmund Burke
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What happens to the men's passions if they act under the influence of imagination? -
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Facts are as essential as food -
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If its not for delusion, people will not part with their liberties. -
706Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind. Edmund Burke
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circumstances make or mar every civil and political scheme -
728There 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. Edmund Burke
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the law of our Creator is the ultimate -
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curiosity, is the simplest emotion -
725Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations - wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco. Edmund Burke
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Things like wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco were used always for moral consolations. -
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Importance of reflecting while reading -
671A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. Edmund Burke
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A quote by Edmund Burke on innovation -
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Change has to be welcomed -
684In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority. Edmund Burke
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Majority in a democracy is a sharp edged knife. -
700It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do. Edmund Burke
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I ought to do according to the diktats of humanity, reason, and justice -
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liberty and corruption cannot exist together -
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694All that's necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke
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Good men doing nothing is invitation to evil -
683But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint. Edmund Burke
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Liberty sans wisdom and virtue is evil.