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Liberty, without wisdom, is license.

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
License
Liberty
Wisdom
Without

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A nation is not conquered which is perpetually to be conquered.
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Fiction lags after truth, invention is unfruitful, and imagination cold and barren.
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