This sort of people are so taken up with their theories about the rights of man that they have totally forgotten his nature.
EDMUND BURKEIn a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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To complain of the age we live in, to murmur at the present possessors of power, to lament the past, to conceive extravagant hopes of the future, are the common dispositions of the greatest part of mankind.
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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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Good order is the foundation of all things.
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When a great man has some one object in view to be achieved in a given time, it may be absolutely necessary for him to walk out of all the common roads.
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All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing as they must if they believe they can do nothing. There is nothing worse because the council of despair is declaration of irresponsibility; it is Pilate washing his hands.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.
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He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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The greatest sin is to do nothing because you can only do a little.
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Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
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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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No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
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Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
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Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
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The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
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