He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
EDMUND BURKENothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
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People crushed by law, have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws; and those who have much hope and nothing to lose, will always be dangerous.
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They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.
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A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatience of suffering.
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The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
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Nothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well think of rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant.
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All the forces of darkness need to succeed … is for the people to do nothing.
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Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
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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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All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.
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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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One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
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Rage and frenzy will pull down more in half an hour than prudence, deliberation, and foresight can build up in a hundred years.
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When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
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Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.
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