General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.
EDMUND BURKERage and frenzy will pull down more in half an hour than prudence, deliberation, and foresight can build up in a hundred years.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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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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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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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.
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A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
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Turn over a new leaf.
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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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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
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All the forces of darkness need to succeed … is for the people to do nothing.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.
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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
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The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
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Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
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