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Quote by Edmund Burke
It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover th

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

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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling it never forgives preaching of a new gospel. – Edmund Burke

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And having looked to government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them. To avoid that evil, government will redouble the causes of it; and then it will become inveterate and incurable. – Edmund Burke

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Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong. – Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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It is past time for women to take their rightful place, side by side with men, in the rooms where the fates of peoples, where their childrens and grandchildrens fates, are decided. – Hillary Clinton

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Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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The most positive men are the most credulous. – Alexander Pope

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