Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
EDMUND BURKEPower gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
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An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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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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All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing as they must if they believe they can do nothing. There is nothing worse because the council of despair is declaration of irresponsibility; it is Pilate washing his hands.
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Education is the cheap defense of nations.
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Nothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well think of rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant.
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Turn over a new leaf.
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It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.
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The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
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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.
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Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
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To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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