Quote by Edmund Burke
If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume

If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived. – Edmund Burke

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Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society. – Edmund Burke

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If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas. – Jean Cocteau

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