Quote by Edmund Burke

Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites...Society cannot exist, unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere; and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without.


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Summary

This quote highlights the idea that individuals are truly deserving of freedom in society only when they are willing to exercise self-control and restrain their own desires. It suggests that for a society to function effectively, there must be some external authority or influence to regulate and manage the individual will and desires. The quote implies that the less self-discipline and self-restraint an individual possesses, the more external regulations or restrictions are necessary for maintaining a functional and orderly society.

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Liberty
By Edmund Burke
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