A coward’s courage is in his tongue.
EDMUND BURKEA coward’s courage is in his tongue.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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There is a boundary to men’s passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.
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Manners 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.
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An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.
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Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.
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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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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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Great men are never sufficiently shown but in struggles.
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Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.
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If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
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A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
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Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
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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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Those who have been intoxicated with power… can never willingly abandon it.
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There 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.
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