An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.
EDMUND BURKEBy gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
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All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is good men doing nothing.
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General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.
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Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue.
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True religion is the foundation of society. When that is once shaken by contempt, the whole fabric cannot be stable nor lasting.
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Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.
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Good order is the foundation of all things.
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It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
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Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
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Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
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