Prudence is not only the first in rank of the virtues political and moral, but she is the director and regulator, the standard of them all.
EDMUND BURKEPrudence is not only the first in rank of the virtues political and moral, but she is the director and regulator, the standard of them all.
EDMUND BURKEGreat men are never sufficiently shown but in struggles.
EDMUND BURKEIf we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
EDMUND BURKEA populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatience of suffering.
EDMUND BURKEEducation is the cheap defense of nations.
EDMUND BURKENobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
EDMUND BURKEManners 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.
EDMUND BURKEEquity money is dynamic and debt money is static.
EDMUND BURKETo read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
EDMUND BURKEIn a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
EDMUND BURKEEvil prevails when good men fail to act.
EDMUND BURKEThe greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
EDMUND BURKEPolitics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
EDMUND BURKENothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
EDMUND BURKEAll the forces of darkness need to succeed … is for the people to do nothing.
EDMUND BURKERage and frenzy will pull down more in half an hour than prudence, deliberation, and foresight can build up in a hundred years.
EDMUND BURKE