Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
EDMUND BURKEAll 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.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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Good order is the foundation of all things.
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This sort of people are so taken up with their theories about the rights of man that they have totally forgotten his nature.
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Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.
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Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
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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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By hating vices too much, they come to love men too little.
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Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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Those who have been intoxicated with power… can never willingly abandon it.
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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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Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it’s yellow.
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Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.
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Those who attempt to level never equalize.
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The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
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A coward’s courage is in his tongue.
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