The greatest sin is to do nothing because you can only do a little.
EDMUND BURKELiberty does not exist in the absence of morality.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.
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A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
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Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue.
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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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Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
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Our patience will achieve more than our force.
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A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatience of suffering.
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Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
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The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
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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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He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
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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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To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
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