Quote by Edmund Burke
All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory they have

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

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Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations – wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco. – Edmund Burke

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When bad men combine, the good must associate else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. – Edmund Burke

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The truth does not require a majority to prevail, ladies and gentlemen. The truth is its own power. The truth will out. Never forget that. – Rush Limbaugh

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Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent. – Jonathan Swift

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More than ever before, consumers have the ability to unify their voices and coalesce their buying power to influence corporate behaviors. – Simon Mainwaring

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You only have power over people so long as you dont take everything away from them. But when youve robbed a man of everything, hes no longer in your power – hes free again. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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I came to the place of my birth and cried, The friends of my youth, where are they? And echo answered, Where are they? – Arabic Proverb

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Life is a series of family photos in which eventually you stop showing up. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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We are the environment. – Charles Panati

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Listen to what you know instead of what you fear. – Richard Bach

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