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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I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.Edmund Burke
In all forms of government the people is the true legislator
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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
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What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.
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Through a wise and salutary neglect, a generous nature has been suffered to take her own way to perfection.
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He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty helps us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.
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