In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
EDMUND BURKEWhat ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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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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He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
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By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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Turn over a new leaf.
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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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Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.
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They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.
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Education is the cheap defense of nations.
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To speak of atrocious crime in mild language is treason to virtue.
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To complain of the age we live in, to murmur at the present possessors of power, to lament the past, to conceive extravagant hopes of the future, are the common dispositions of the greatest part of mankind.
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The credulity of dupes is as inexhaustible as the invention of knaves.
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Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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