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.
EDMUND BURKE
EDMUND BURKE
Edmund Burke on color
Edmund Burke107 quotes“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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It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told their duty.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Education is the cheap defense of nations.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke There is a boundary to men’s passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke By hating vices too much, they come to love men too little.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
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We had always dwelled together, beneath a tropical sun, in the Valley of the Many Colored Grass.
Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe I was a child who went about in a world of colors. My friends, my companions, became women slowly; I became old in instants.
Frida KahloFrida Kahlo Right is of no sex, Truth is of no color, God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren.
Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass The only color I don’t have is navy brown.
Yogi BerraYogi Berra Green’s a good color.
Michael ScottMichael Scott Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.
Harriet TubmanHarriet Tubman Purple has always been such a pretty color to me.
Kim KardashianKim Kardashian Purple has always been such a pretty color to me.
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