It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.
EDMUND BURKEOur patience will achieve more than our force.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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A great empire and little minds go ill together.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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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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The grave is a common treasury, to which we must all be taken.
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You can never plan the future by the past.
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Those who attempt to level never equalize.
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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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Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.
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They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.
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The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of the great.
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The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
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To speak of atrocious crime in mild language is treason to virtue.
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History consists, for the greater part, of the miseries brought upon the world by pride, ambition, avarice, revenge, lust, sedition, hypocrisy, ungoverned zeal, and all the train of disorderly appetite.
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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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That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors, is to keep the Spirit of Liberty constantly awake, is an undeniable truth.
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