But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.
EDMUND BURKEThere is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity – the law of nature and of nations.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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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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Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.
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All the forces of darkness need to succeed … is for the people to do nothing.
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A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatience of suffering.
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Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
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The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
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No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
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Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
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An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.
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All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.
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If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
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Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
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One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
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All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing as they must if they believe they can do nothing. There is nothing worse because the council of despair is declaration of irresponsibility; it is Pilate washing his hands.
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By hating vices too much, they come to love men too little.
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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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Prudence is not only the first in rank of the virtues political and moral, but she is the director and regulator, the standard of them all.
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The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
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Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.
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Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity – the law of nature and of nations.
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Equity money is dynamic and debt money is static.
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Those who attempt to level never equalize.
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Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
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Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.
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What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.
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