Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
EDMUND BURKEThe greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
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Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
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By hating vices too much, they come to love men too little.
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A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatience of suffering.
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Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.
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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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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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You can never plan the future by the past.
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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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People must be taken as they are, and we should never try make them or ourselves better by quarreling with them.
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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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When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
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