It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
EDMUND BURKEApplaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
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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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The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.
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Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability.
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An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.
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The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
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The credulity of dupes is as inexhaustible as the invention of knaves.
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Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
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Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
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Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue.
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All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is good men doing nothing.
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Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
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The greatest sin is to do nothing because you can only do a little.
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Good order is the foundation of all things.
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