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

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Always remember, there are two types of people in this world. Those who come into a room and say, Well, here I am! and those who come in and say, Ah, there you are! – Frederick L. Collins

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Most people are good. They may not be saints, but they are good. – Jimmy Wales, speech

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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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The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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The moment of change is the only poem. – Adrienne Rich

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There is a physical relationship with a woman that you dont have with anybody else, but thats not about love. Love is a spiritual thing. – Ziggy Marley

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