Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites.
EDMUND BURKEThe tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
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Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
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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 tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
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Our patience will achieve more than our force.
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Turn over a new leaf.
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Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
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There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity – the law of nature and of nations.
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Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
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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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Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.
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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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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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Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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