There is a boundary to men’s passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.
EDMUND BURKEBy gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
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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.
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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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Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.
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A coward’s courage is in his tongue.
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The credulity of dupes is as inexhaustible as the invention of knaves.
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Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it’s yellow.
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Equity money is dynamic and debt money is static.
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But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
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The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
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That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors, is to keep the Spirit of Liberty constantly awake, is an undeniable truth.
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If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
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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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Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
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All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
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