To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
EDMUND BURKEThe Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it’s yellow.
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They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.
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Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.
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Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
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An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.
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Great men are never sufficiently shown but in struggles.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.
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The greatest sin is to do nothing because you can only do a little.
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Turn over a new leaf.
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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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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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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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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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