The only infallible criterion of wisdom to vulgar judgments - success
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Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state.Edmund Burke
Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites in proportion as their love to justice is above their rapacity in proportion as their soundness and sobriety of understanding is above their vanity and presumption in proportion as they are more disposed to listen to the counsels of the wise and good, in preference to the flattery of knaves.
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We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
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Tyrants seldom want pretexts.
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What is liberty without...virtue It is...madness, without restraint.Men are qualified for liberty in exact proportion to their dispositionto put moral chains upon their own appetites.
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Where mystery begins religion ends.
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