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Quote by Edmund Burke
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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Some degree of novelty must be one of the materials in almost every instrument which works upon the mind; and curiosity blends itself, more or less, with all our pleasures. – Edmund Burke

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Curiosity
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Edmund Burke
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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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People
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Edmund Burke
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Revolution
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Insurrection. An unsuccessful revolution; disaffections failure to substitute misrule for bad government. – Ambrose Bierce

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What is a rebel? A man who says no. – Albert Camus

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Revolution

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions. – Aristotle

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Revolution

Thinkers prepare the revolution and bandits carry it out. – Mariano Azuela

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Off the rack solutions, like bargain basement dresses, never fit anyone. – Francoise Giroud

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One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time. – G. K. Chesterton

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Speak the truth, do not yield to anger give, if thou art asked for little by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods. – Confucius

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