By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
EDMUND BURKEJustice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
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The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.
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Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
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Prudence is not only the first in rank of the virtues political and moral, but she is the director and regulator, the standard of them all.
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Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
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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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All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is good men doing nothing.
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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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There is nothing that God has judged good for us that He has not given us the means to accomplish, both in the natural and the moral world.
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Those who attempt to level never equalize.
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Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.
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You can never plan the future by the past.
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