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There is nothing in the world really beneficial that does not lie within the reach of an informed understanding and a well-protected pursuit.

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
Understanding
Lying
Doe
Informed
Wells
Beneficial
Well
Protected
Nothing
Pursuit
Really
Reach
World
Within

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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.
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Freedom without virtue is not freedom but license to pursue whatever passions prevail in the intemperate mind man's right to freedom being in exact proportion to his willingness to put chains upon his own appetites the less restraint from within, the more must be imposed from without.
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