Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
EDMUND BURKEAmong a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
EDMUND BURKEPeople 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.
EDMUND BURKEA State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
EDMUND BURKEWhen you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
EDMUND BURKEIt is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
EDMUND BURKEIt is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.
EDMUND BURKEDogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation.
EDMUND BURKEWe must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
EDMUND BURKEThere 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.
EDMUND BURKEToleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
EDMUND BURKEGood company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.
EDMUND BURKEThe use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again; and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.
EDMUND BURKEExample is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
EDMUND BURKEGood order is the foundation of all things.
EDMUND BURKEThe only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
EDMUND BURKEMen who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability.
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