To please universally was the object of his life; but to tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.
Edmund Burke
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He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again: and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.
- Edmund Burke