Good order is the foundation of all things.
EDMUND BURKE
EDMUND BURKE
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Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke The blood of man should never be shed but to redeem the blood of man. It is well shed for our family, for our friends, for our God, for our country, for our kind. The rest is vanity; the rest is crime.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Rage and frenzy will pull down more in half an hour than prudence, deliberation, and foresight can build up in a hundred years.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Those who attempt to level never equalize.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke You can never plan the future by the past.
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Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke This sort of people are so taken up with their theories about the rights of man that they have totally forgotten his nature.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke 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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