Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
EDMUND BURKEBad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
EDMUND BURKEDogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation.
EDMUND BURKEIf we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
EDMUND BURKEEquity money is dynamic and debt money is static.
EDMUND BURKEOur patience will achieve more than our force.
EDMUND BURKEBut the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
EDMUND BURKEWhen you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
EDMUND BURKEHypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.
EDMUND BURKETo read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
EDMUND BURKEIt is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.
EDMUND BURKEIt is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
EDMUND BURKEGood company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.
EDMUND BURKEPolitics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
EDMUND BURKEAll that needs to be done for evil to prevail is good men doing nothing.
EDMUND BURKEYou can never plan the future by the past.
EDMUND BURKEGeneral rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.
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