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EDMUND BURKEI cannot conceive how any man can have brought himself to that pitch of presumption, to consider his country as nothing but carte blanche, upon which he may scribble whatever he pleases.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
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Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.
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It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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Equity money is dynamic and debt money is static.
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Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
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I cannot conceive how any man can have brought himself to that pitch of presumption, to consider his country as nothing but carte blanche, upon which he may scribble whatever he pleases.
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All the forces of darkness need to succeed … is for the people to do nothing.
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Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability.
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The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again; and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.
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Good order is the foundation of all things.
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Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
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But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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People crushed by law, have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws; and those who have much hope and nothing to lose, will always be dangerous.
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