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But 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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Edmund Burke
Age: 68 †
Born: 1729
Born: January 12
Died: 1797
Died: July 9
Philosopher
Politician
Statesman
Writer
Dublin city
Liberty
Evils
Wisdom
Restraint
Possible
Vice
Evil
Folly
Without
Vices
Madness
Greatest
Virtue
Tuition

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