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No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of actin

No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear. – Edmund Burke

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A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation. – Edmund Burke

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Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants. – Edmund Burke

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People always make the wolf more formidable than he is. – Proverb

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God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear. – Ruby Dee

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Fear can be headier than whiskey, once man has acquired a taste for it. – Donald Dowes

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The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness. – Elias Canetti

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