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To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not

To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men. – Edmund Burke

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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. – Edmund Burke

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good
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Edmund Burke
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It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people. – Edmund Burke

Category:
Justice
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Edmund Burke
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It is hard to say whether doctors of law or divinity have made the greater advances in the lucrative business of mystery. – Edmund Burke

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Justice & Law
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Men
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Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active. – Leonardo da Vinci

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Men

The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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Men

All men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men. – Hilaire Belloc

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Men

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so. – Charles de Gaulle

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Men

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The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history. – Dalai Lama

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If you stick with a vision, it might not all work, but some of it will be absolute genius. To me, 15 minutes worth of absolute genius in a film is so much better than two hours of mediocrity. I would rather pay to see something different like that. – Kim Cattrall

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Im not sure if its good to have freedom or not. Im really confused now. – Jackie Chan

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Both now and for always, I intend to hold fast to my belief in the hidden strength of the human spirit. – Andrei Sakharov

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strength