Edmund Burke

" Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair. "
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Edmund Burke
Work , Despair
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" Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion. "
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" In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority. "
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Democracy , Majority , Minority
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" Education is the cheap defense of nations. "
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Education , Defense , Nations
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" Facts are to the mind what food is to the body. "
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" Falsehood is a perennial spring. "
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Falsehood , Spring
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" Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. "
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" Free trade is not based on utility but on justice. "
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Edmund Burke
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12-01-1729 09-07-1797 Philosopher, statesman, and political theorist citation
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