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Offline MysteRy

Re: ~ Edmund Burke Quotes ~
« Reply #45 on: May 29, 2014, 09:26:49 AM »
It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
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Re: ~ Edmund Burke Quotes ~
« Reply #46 on: May 29, 2014, 09:27:17 AM »
There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.
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Re: ~ Edmund Burke Quotes ~
« Reply #47 on: May 29, 2014, 09:27:40 AM »
When bad men combine the good must associate; else they will fall one by one an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
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Re: ~ Edmund Burke Quotes ~
« Reply #48 on: May 29, 2014, 09:28:02 AM »
All government - indeed every human benefit and enjoyment every virtue and every prudent act - is founded on compromise and barter.
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Re: ~ Edmund Burke Quotes ~
« Reply #49 on: May 29, 2014, 09:28:23 AM »
Adversity is a severe instructor. ... He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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Re: ~ Edmund Burke Quotes ~
« Reply #50 on: May 29, 2014, 09:28:43 AM »
Your representative owes you not his industry only but his judgement; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
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Re: ~ Edmund Burke Quotes ~
« Reply #51 on: May 29, 2014, 09:29:00 AM »
The effect of liberty on individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do before we risk congratulations.
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