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Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their d

Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites…
Society cannot exist, unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere; and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without. – Edmund Burke

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It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs. – Edmund Burke

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By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
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