I cannot conceive how any man can have brought himself to that pitch of presumption, to consider his country as nothing but carte blanche, upon which he may scribble whatever he pleases.
EDMUND BURKEEvil prevails when good men fail to act.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
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Great men are never sufficiently shown but in struggles.
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Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue.
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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
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Those who attempt to level never equalize.
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The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
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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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They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.
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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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Education is the cheap defense of nations.
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Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it’s yellow.
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There is no safety for honest men, but by believing all possible evil of evil men, and by acting with promptitude, decision, and steadiness on that belief.
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To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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