To speak of atrocious crime in mild language is treason to virtue.
EDMUND BURKEHe that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.
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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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The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
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The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
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Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
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It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.
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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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To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
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Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
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To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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