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It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers f

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare. – Edmund Burke

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It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people. – Edmund Burke

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Justice
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Edmund Burke
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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little. – Edmund Burke

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Helping
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It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs. – Edmund Burke

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Men
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Pessimism never won any battle. – Dwight D Eisenhower

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One chops the wood, the other does the grunting. – Yiddish Proverb

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Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism. – Arnold Bennett

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The most prolific period of pessimism comes at twenty-one or thereabouts, when the first attempt is made to translate dreams into reality. – Heywood Broun

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Well, for starters, we have to do more to create demand for new technologies that can reduce our dependence on foreign oil and environmental degradation. – Sherwood Boehlert

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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. – Spanish Proverb

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If you look at the opening of Private Ryan, you are so in the point of view of those guys and there is a whole world swirling all around them. You are learning that geography as they are learning it. – Gary Ross

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So I applied to medical school and received a scholarship at Washington University in St. Louis. Washington University turned out to be a lucky choice. The faculty was scholarly and dedicated and accessible to students. – Daniel Nathans

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