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.
EDMUND BURKEGeneral rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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There is a boundary to men’s passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.
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Turn over a new leaf.
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The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
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The credulity of dupes is as inexhaustible as the invention of knaves.
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Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
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All the forces of darkness need to succeed … is for the people to do nothing.
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We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
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In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
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To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
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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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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
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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.
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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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The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
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