He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
EDMUND BURKEI 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.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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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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History is a pact between the dead, the living, and the yet unborn.
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An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.
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The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
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Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
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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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A great empire and little minds go ill together.
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All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is good men doing nothing.
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The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again; and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of the great.
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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.
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Good order is the foundation of all things.
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Turn over a new leaf.
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All the forces of darkness need to succeed … is for the people to do nothing.
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They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.
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Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.
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The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
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The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
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All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing as they must if they believe they can do nothing. There is nothing worse because the council of despair is declaration of irresponsibility; it is Pilate washing his hands.
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Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
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The credulity of dupes is as inexhaustible as the invention of knaves.
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Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
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