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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he c

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little. – 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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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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Men
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Edmund Burke
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The great use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it. – William James

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Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile. – Wilfred Grenfell

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Bread for myself is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one. – Nicholas Berdyaev

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We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses. – C.G. Jung

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The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell. – Bertrand Russell

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Security… its simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that youre willing to deal with whatever happens. – Harry Browne

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Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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