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A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatien

A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatience of suffering. – Edmund Burke

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We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature. – Edmund Burke

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Change
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Edmund Burke
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Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in. – Edmund Burke

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Manners
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Edmund Burke
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Revolution
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Thinkers prepare the revolution and bandits carry it out. – Mariano Azuela

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Revolution

The dead have been awakened — shall I sleep? The worlds at war with tyrants — shall I crouch? the harvests ripe — and shall I pause to reap? I slumber not; the thorn is in my couch; Each day a trumpet soundeth in mine ear, its echo in my heart. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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Revolution

I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with Blood. – John Mason Brown

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Revolution

Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being. – Albert Camus

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Revolution

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Nimble thought can jump both sea and land. – William Shakespeare

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The Law of God reaches into every area of life, and it brings about incredible blessing and incredible freedom. – Randall Terry

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Vows are made in storms and forgotten in calm weather. – Thomas Fuller

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Promises

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Society