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Obtain power, then, by all means; power is the law of man; make it yours.

— Maria Edgeworth An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification (1795)

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Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.

Our Irish blunders are never blunders of the heart.

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A man who sells his conscience for his interest will sell it for his pleasure. A man who will betray his country will betray his friend.

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