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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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When bad men combine, the good must associate else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. – Edmund Burke

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A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation. – Edmund Burke

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People will not look forward to posterity who will not look backward to their ancestors. – Edmund Burke

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As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests. – Gore Vidal

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I just got tired of being sick and tired and feeling down. Unfortunately, you dont realize this until youre getting sober but the reason why youre depressed all the time is its the drugs that are depressing you. – Steven Adler

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I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me. – John Wooden

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Our enemies can deal a blow to us any time they wish. They did not wait for permission to do this. They do not deal a blow with prior notice. They do not take action because they cant. – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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