True religion is the foundation of society. When that is once shaken by contempt, the whole fabric cannot be stable nor lasting.
EDMUND BURKEWhenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
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A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
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Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
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One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
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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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A coward’s courage is in his tongue.
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There is nothing that God has judged good for us that He has not given us the means to accomplish, both in the natural and the moral world.
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Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
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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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The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
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Rage and frenzy will pull down more in half an hour than prudence, deliberation, and foresight can build up in a hundred years.
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By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.
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Those who have been intoxicated with power… can never willingly abandon it.
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Dogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation.
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