It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
EDMUND BURKETo make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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The grave is a common treasury, to which we must all be taken.
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Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.
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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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The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
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General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.
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A coward’s courage is in his tongue.
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In history, a great volume is unrolled for our instruction, drawing the materials of future wisdom from the past errors and infirmities of mankind.
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Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites.
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When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
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Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
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A great empire and little minds go ill together.
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Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
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Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
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Great men are never sufficiently shown but in struggles.
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To speak of atrocious crime in mild language is treason to virtue.
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