When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people. – Edmund Burke
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An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent. – Edmund Burke
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All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. – Edmund Burke
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