Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
EDMUND BURKEWe must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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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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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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All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is good men doing nothing.
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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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The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
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When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
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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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That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors, is to keep the Spirit of Liberty constantly awake, is an undeniable truth.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
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All the forces of darkness need to succeed … is for the people to do nothing.
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Great men are never sufficiently shown but in struggles.
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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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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.
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Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
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