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Spain: A whale stranded upon the coast of Europe. - Edmund Burke

Spain: A whale stranded upon the coast of Europe. – Edmund Burke

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People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law and those who have most to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous. – Edmund Burke

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Hope
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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

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Justice
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Edmund Burke
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Nation, Nationality, Nationalism
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We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation. – Dean Acheson

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Nation, Nationality, Nationalism

In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in certain marked peculiarities the strongest tend to be the best. – Walter Bagehot

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Nation, Nationality, Nationalism

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People who complain about taxes can be divided into two classes: men and women. – Author Unknown

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Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with it? Very little to be sure. But the real question is, What it will do with you? – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I used to think no one should go into show biz, but now I feel differently. I now feel like its a great career. If you can do it and make money at it and still not be so famous that you can have a normal life – then I think its a great career. – Julia Sweeney

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All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order. – Harriet Beecher Stowe

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