The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
EDMUND BURKEKings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.
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What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.
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Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
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A great empire and little minds go ill together.
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Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.
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Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it’s yellow.
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There is nothing that God has judged good for us that He has not given us the means to accomplish, both in the natural and the moral world.
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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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Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
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Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.
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General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.
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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.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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Our patience will achieve more than our force.
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Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
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