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Quote by Edmund Burke
Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist. - Edm

Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist. – Edmund Burke

Other quotes by Edmund Burke

All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory they have no power over the substance of original justice. – Edmund Burke

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power
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Edmund Burke
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The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations. – Edmund Burke

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Liberty
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Edmund Burke
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Whenever our neighbors house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own. – Edmund Burke

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Caution
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Corruption
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There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them. – Charles Caleb Colton

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A bad forgerys the ultimate insult. – Jonathan Gash

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Corruption

Corrupt, stupid grasping functionaries will make at least as big a muddle of socialism as stupid, selfish and acquisitive employers can make of capitalism. – Walter Lippmann

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Corruption

The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference. – Bess Myerson

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Corruption

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