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.
EDMUND BURKEBut 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.
EDMUND BURKEAll the forces of darkness need to succeed … is for the people to do nothing.
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 BURKETurn over a new leaf.
EDMUND BURKECircumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
EDMUND BURKEYou can never plan the future by the past.
EDMUND BURKEThose who attempt to level never equalize.
EDMUND BURKEOne that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
EDMUND BURKEAll that needs to be done for evil to prevail is good men doing nothing.
EDMUND BURKEPeople must be taken as they are, and we should never try make them or ourselves better by quarreling with them.
EDMUND BURKEEquity money is dynamic and debt money is static.
EDMUND BURKEWhenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
EDMUND BURKEThere is no safety for honest men, but by believing all possible evil of evil men, and by acting with promptitude, decision, and steadiness on that belief.
EDMUND BURKEA State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
EDMUND BURKEThose who have been intoxicated with power… can never willingly abandon it.
EDMUND BURKETo make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
EDMUND BURKE