Quote by Edmund Burke
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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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them. – Jean de La Fontaine

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Do we fear terrorism so much that we throw out our Constitution, and are we unwilling and afraid to debate our Constitution? – Rand Paul

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Fear is met and destroyed with courage. – James F. Bell

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Let them hate so long as they fear. – Lucius Accius

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