To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
EDMUND BURKETrue religion is the foundation of society. When that is once shaken by contempt, the whole fabric cannot be stable nor lasting.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told their duty.
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Those who have been intoxicated with power… can never willingly abandon it.
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The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of the great.
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Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue.
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What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.
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There is no safety for honest men, but by believing all possible evil of evil men, and by acting with promptitude, decision, and steadiness on that belief.
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You can never plan the future by the past.
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But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.
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Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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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 great inlet by which a colour for oppression has entered into the world is by one man’s pretending to determine concerning the happiness of another.
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To speak of atrocious crime in mild language is treason to virtue.
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A coward’s courage is in his tongue.
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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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