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Quote by Edmund Burke
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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It is hard to say whether doctors of law or divinity have made the greater advances in the lucrative business of mystery. – Edmund Burke

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Justice & Law
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Edmund Burke
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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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Liberty
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Edmund Burke
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By others faults the wise correct their own. – Proverb

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Wisdom

We learned in World War II that no single nation holds a monopoly on wisdom, morality or right to power, but that we must fight for the weak and promote democracy. – Joe Baca

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Wisdom

Action should culminate in wisdom. – Bhagavad Gita

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Wisdom

Focus on the mind and the soul. Read. Study. Enrol in a course of lectures. Pray. Become a member of a religious congregation. Study the Bible or other ancient works of wisdom. – Jonathan Sacks

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Wisdom

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People who are always taking care of their health are like misers who are hoarding a treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy. – Laurence Sterne

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Being a great father is like shaving. No matter how good you shaved today, you have to do it again tomorrow. – Reed Markham

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Fathers

There are three religious truths: 1)Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah. 2)Protestants do not recognize the Pope as the leader of the Christian faith. 3)Baptists do not recognize each other in the liquor store or at Hooters. – Author Unknown

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It really is impossible not to like him. His success was his failure. – Arthur C. Danto

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