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People crushed by law, have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws and those who have much hope and nothing to lose, will always be dangerous.
Edmund Burke
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Edmund Burke
Age: 68 †
Born: 1729
Born: January 12
Died: 1797
Died: July 9
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History is a pact between the dead, the living, and the yet unborn.
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Responsibility prevents crimes.
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A speculative despair is unpardonable where it our duty to act.
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By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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Over-taxation cost England her colonies of North America.
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The question is not whether you have a right to render people miserable, but whether it is not in your best interest to make them happy.
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