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People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the la

People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law and those who have most to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous. – Edmund Burke

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The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him he indulges it, he loves it but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time. – Edmund Burke

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Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in. – Edmund Burke

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Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all. – Edmund Burke

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As long as we can tell stories about our ability to survive, the more we will hope, not self-destruct. – Christina Ricci

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I still believe in a place called Hope. – William J. Clinton

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I hope that I serve by being a teacher. – Jenna Bush

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Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man. – Pliny the Elder

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All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them. – Magic Johnson

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