Edmund Burke's Quote - To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not

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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 yielding of the weak is the concession to fear. – Edmund Burke

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Good order is the foundation of all great things. – Edmund Burke

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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle. – Edmund Burke

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Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory. – George S. Patton

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Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they cant get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb. – Yul Brynner

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Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger. – Richard Bach

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I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a method of settling international disputes. – Ernest Hemingway

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