Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.
EDMUND BURKEGood order is the foundation of all things.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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Great men are never sufficiently shown but in struggles.
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To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
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History is a pact between the dead, the living, and the yet unborn.
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
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All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
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Rage and frenzy will pull down more in half an hour than prudence, deliberation, and foresight can build up in a hundred years.
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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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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
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Equity money is dynamic and debt money is static.
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When a great man has some one object in view to be achieved in a given time, it may be absolutely necessary for him to walk out of all the common roads.
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Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
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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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