Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.
EDMUND BURKEThere 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.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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Dogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.
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The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
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Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.
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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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Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.
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The great inlet by which a colour for oppression has entered into the world is by one man’s pretending to determine concerning the happiness of another.
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The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.
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To speak of atrocious crime in mild language is treason to virtue.
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The grave is a common treasury, to which we must all be taken.
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Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
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But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.
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Our patience will achieve more than our force.
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Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.
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