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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.

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
Without
Pursue
License
Right
Virtue
Restraint
Must
Passion
Exact
Mind
Within
Appetite
Men
Whatever
Passions
Intemperate
Freedom
Willingness
Appetites
Upon
Chains
Prevail
Less
Proportion
Imposed

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