Quote by Edmund Burke
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscie

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. – Edmund Burke

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When bad men combine, the good must associate else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. – Edmund Burke

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But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever. – Edmund Burke

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If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. – Jesus Christ

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The worst thing about that kind of prejudice… is that while you feel hurt and angry and all the rest of it, it feeds you self-doubt. You start thinking, perhaps I am not good enough. – Nina Simone

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The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year. – Voltaire

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If you dont think drugs have done good things for us, then take all of your records, tapes and CDs and burn them. – Bill Hicks

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European investment in Texas alone exceeds all U.S. investment in China and Japan put together. – John Bruton

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All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women. – Voltaire

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Hope never abandons you, you abandon it. – George Weinberg

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