Those who have been intoxicated with power… can never willingly abandon it.
EDMUND BURKEEducation is the cheap defense of nations.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
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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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Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.
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Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
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When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
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If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
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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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Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.
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All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing as they must if they believe they can do nothing. There is nothing worse because the council of despair is declaration of irresponsibility; it is Pilate washing his hands.
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The grave is a common treasury, to which we must all be taken.
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Dogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation.
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All the forces of darkness need to succeed … is for the people to do nothing.
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Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue.
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