By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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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Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.
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Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
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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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All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is good men doing nothing.
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The greatest sin is to do nothing because you can only do a little.
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Rage and frenzy will pull down more in half an hour than prudence, deliberation, and foresight can build up in a hundred years.
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One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
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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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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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There is nothing that God has judged good for us that He has not given us the means to accomplish, both in the natural and the moral world.
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True religion is the foundation of society. When that is once shaken by contempt, the whole fabric cannot be stable nor lasting.
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It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
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Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.
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