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But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint. – Edmund Burke

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Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy. – Edmund Burke

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