Irish - Statesman | January 12, 1729 - July 9, 1797
Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.
Edmund Burke
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Custom reconciles us to everything.
EverythingUsCustom
The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.
AgeYouthArroganceMustSubmit
It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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Facts are to the mind what food is to the body.
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To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
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If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.
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The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
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In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
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All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice.
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