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"An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent." -
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Edmund Burke
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Top 5 quotes from Edmund Burke
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle."
"Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair."
"All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing."
"No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear."
"He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper."
Top 5 quotes from Miscellaneous
"Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin."
"As for a future life, every man must judge for himself between conflicting vague probabilities."
"Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt."
"There is something going on in time and space, and beyond time and space, which, whether we like it or not, spells duty."
"The destiny of man is not measured by material computation. When great forces are on the move in the world, we learn we are spirits--not animals."
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