Quote by Edmund Burke
Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Cori

Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society. – Edmund Burke

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When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people. – Edmund Burke

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Voting
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There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity – the law of nature and of nations. – Edmund Burke

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Nature
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We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature. – Edmund Burke

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Change
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Society is like the air, necessary to breathe but insufficient to live on. – George Santayana

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Even the most wretched individual of our present society could not exist and develop without the cumulative social efforts of countless generations. – Mikhail Bakunin

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We need proof in our society. – Shirley MacLaine

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Society needs people who can manage projects in addition to handling individual tasks. – Marilyn vos Savant

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[W]e must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie…. It casts out stress as the heat of the hand repels quicksilver…. Keep you your precious vapors, your fantods, your anxiety. Give me a pie. Give me a pie anyday. – David Mamet, Boston Marriage

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Ive always preferred food be on the blander side. – Alexandra Paul

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Indifference creates an artificial peace. – Mason Cooley

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Its possible that Ive matured as a writer, and I hope Ive matured emotionally, but I always find myself revisiting these adolescent scenes. – Diablo Cody

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