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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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All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. – Edmund Burke

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good
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Edmund Burke
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Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites…
Society cannot exist, unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere; and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without. – Edmund Burke

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Edmund Burke
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In a World where people are surrounded by darkness, ignorance and fear, it is a sign of hope to be celebrating Islams message of peace and light, and the last great Messenger, born and chosen to deliver them to all mankind. – Cat Stevens

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Fear

When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear. – Alfred Eisenstaedt

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Fear

Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind – even if your voice shakes. – Maggie Kuhn

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Fear

Weve all had that fear, that despair of losing someone, or this fierce desire because its not reciprocated. The less reciprocation there is, the more desire we have. – Emmanuelle Beart

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Fear

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If Prometheus was worthy of the wrath of heaven for kindling the first fire upon earth, how ought all the gods honor the men who make it their professional business to put it out? – John Godfrey Saxe

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