More from Edmund Burke
Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Nothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well think of rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke To speak of atrocious crime in mild language is treason to virtue.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke 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 people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke
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Right now, I’m following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass.
Aishwarya RaiAishwarya Rai An important fact about verbal behavior is that speaker and listener may reside within the same skin.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner As I pen these words, tears flow from my pained heart onto my trembling lips, and the soul seeks release from daily abuse.
Dr. Zainab AnsariDr. Zainab Ansari Considersing the forebearance of a person, Do not harass him.
ChanakyaChanakya In the beginning, yes I did go back… (but) I learned that if it’s continued abusive, you just can’t stay there. When guys are young, they make mistakes. Nobody’s perfect, but, if they do it more than once, then it’s definitely a habit
Lil' KimLil' Kim You made a goddamn mess of me but watch me rise from the ashes.
Helena DegnHelena Degn Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
LivyLivy In a free society we will tolerate boorish people, who have abhorrent behavior, but if we’re civilized people we publicly criticize that and don’t belong to those groups or associate with those people.
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