True religion is the foundation of society. When that is once shaken by contempt, the whole fabric cannot be stable nor lasting.
EDMUND BURKEDogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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To speak of atrocious crime in mild language is treason to virtue.
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One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
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They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.
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By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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All the forces of darkness need to succeed … is for the people to do nothing.
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Those who attempt to level never equalize.
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When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
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People crushed by law, have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws; and those who have much hope and nothing to lose, will always be dangerous.
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Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
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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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People must be taken as they are, and we should never try make them or ourselves better by quarreling with them.
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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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Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
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A great empire and little minds go ill together.
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