The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
EDMUND BURKEDogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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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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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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The greatest sin is to do nothing because you can only do a little.
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By hating vices too much, they come to love men too little.
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You can never plan the future by the past.
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To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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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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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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A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
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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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The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told their duty.
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Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
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Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.
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