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.
EDMUND BURKEToleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
-
-
All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.
EDMUND BURKE -
Rage and frenzy will pull down more in half an hour than prudence, deliberation, and foresight can build up in a hundred years.
EDMUND BURKE -
Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
EDMUND BURKE -
Good order is the foundation of all things.
EDMUND BURKE -
That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors, is to keep the Spirit of Liberty constantly awake, is an undeniable truth.
EDMUND BURKE -
A coward’s courage is in his tongue.
EDMUND BURKE -
What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.
EDMUND BURKE -
Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites.
EDMUND BURKE -
The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.
EDMUND BURKE -
He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
EDMUND BURKE -
Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.
EDMUND BURKE -
All the forces of darkness need to succeed … is for the people to do nothing.
EDMUND BURKE -
In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
EDMUND BURKE -
Education is the cheap defense of nations.
EDMUND BURKE -
A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
EDMUND BURKE