By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
EDMUND BURKEIt is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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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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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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When a great man has some one object in view to be achieved in a given time, it may be absolutely necessary for him to walk out of all the common roads.
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All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.
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Those who attempt to level never equalize.
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True religion is the foundation of society. When that is once shaken by contempt, the whole fabric cannot be stable nor lasting.
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Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
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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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Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
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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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History is a pact between the dead, the living, and the yet unborn.
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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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Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
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Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe.
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It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
EDMUND BURKE