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It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.

Edmund Burke
Passion, Character, Men
Edmund Burke (1803). “The Works of ... Edmund Burke”, p.64
It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.