Quote by Edmund Burke
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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When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people. – Edmund Burke

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There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity – the law of nature and of nations. – Edmund Burke

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Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy. – Edmund Burke

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With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, Studs, youre an optimist. I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because whats the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven. – Studs Terkel

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But since her earliest days, America has inspired people from all over the world. Inspired them with the hope that one day their own countries would be one like this one. – Marco Rubio

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I dont think Im a great songwriter, but I think Ive learned a lot about it, and I dont think theres any one way to do it. I dont think I can control it at all. I can just kind of hope that it happens. – Norah Jones

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Right now Im not involved with anybody, but I hope by 75 I will be again. – Stevie Nicks

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Beauty is all very well at first sight but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days? – George Bernard Shaw

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Women get the attention when we get into the mens arena, and thats sad. – Billie Jean King

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Its funny, the hardest thing to do is to make something look like its fast, loose and improvised, and get somebody to laugh. – Abel Ferrara

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I had the blues
because I had no shoes
until upon the street,
I met a man who had no feet. – Anon.

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