The greatest sin is to do nothing because you can only do a little.
EDMUND BURKEA State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
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Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
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The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.
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When a great man has some one object in view to be achieved in a given time, it may be absolutely necessary for him to walk out of all the common roads.
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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.
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By hating vices too much, they come to love men too little.
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Great men are never sufficiently shown but in struggles.
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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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Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
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Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.
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History is a pact between the dead, the living, and the yet unborn.
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To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
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