A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
EDMUND BURKEThere is a boundary to men’s passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
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The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
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Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
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Education is the cheap defense of nations.
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Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
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By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
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Those who attempt to level never equalize.
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To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
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All the forces of darkness need to succeed … is for the people to do nothing.
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All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
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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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When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
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The blood of man should never be shed but to redeem the blood of man. It is well shed for our family, for our friends, for our God, for our country, for our kind. The rest is vanity; the rest is crime.
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The great inlet by which a colour for oppression has entered into the world is by one man’s pretending to determine concerning the happiness of another.
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