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England and Ireland may flouri...

England and Ireland may flourish together. The world is large enough for both of us. Let it be our care not to make ourselves too little for it.

Edmund Burke 708 quotes

I find along with many virtues...

I find along with many virtues in my countrymen there is a jealousy, a soreness, and readiness to take offence, as if they were the most helpless and impotent of mankind, and yet a violence... and a boistrousness in their resentment, as if they had been puffed up with the highest prosperity and power. they will not only be served, but it must also be in their own way and on their own principles and even in words and language that they liked... which renders it very difficult for a plain unguarded man as I am to have an

Edmund Burke 708 quotes

You will smile here at the con...

You will smile here at the consistency of those democratists who, when they are not on their guard, treat the humbler part of the community with the greatest contempt, whilst, at the same time they pretend to make them the depositories of all power.

Edmund Burke 708 quotes

There is no safety for honest ...

There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men.

Edmund Burke 708 quotes

The nature of things is, I adm...

The nature of things is, I admit, a sturdy adversary.

Edmund Burke 708 quotes

The greatest crimes do not ari...

The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from an over-sensibilit y for ourselves and an over-indulgence to our own desires

Edmund Burke 708 quotes

A nation without means of refo...

A nation without means of reform is without means of survival.

Edmund Burke 708 quotes

As mankind becomes more enligh...

As mankind becomes more enlightened to know their real interests, they will esteem the value of agriculture; they will find it in their natural--their destined occupation.

Edmund Burke 708 quotes

A coward's courage is in his t...

A coward's courage is in his tongue.

Edmund Burke 708 quotes

What ever disunites man from G...

What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.

Edmund Burke 708 quotes

There is a courageous wisdom; ...

There is a courageous wisdom; there is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution but of fear.

Edmund Burke 708 quotes

The writers against religion, ...

The writers against religion, whilst they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set up any of their own.

Edmund Burke 708 quotes

A perfect democracy is therefo...

A perfect democracy is therefore the most shameless thing in the world.

Edmund Burke 708 quotes

A very great part of the misch...

A very great part of the mischiefs that vex the world arises from words.

Edmund Burke 708 quotes

Abstract liberty, like other m...

Abstract liberty, like other mere abstractions, is not to be found.

Edmund Burke 708 quotes

There never was a bad man that...

There never was a bad man that had ability for good service.

Edmund Burke 708 quotes

Prejudice is of ready applicat...

Prejudice is of ready application in the emergency; it previously engages the mind in a steady course of wisdom and virtue, and does not leave the man hesitating in the moment of decision, skeptical, puzzled and unresolved. Prejudice renders a man's virtue his habit; and not a series of unconnected acts. Through past prejudice, his duty becomes part of his nature.

Edmund Burke 708 quotes

Restraint and discipline and e...

Restraint and discipline and examples of virtue and justice. These are the things that form the education of the world.

Edmund Burke 708 quotes

Not men but measures a sort of...

Not men but measures a sort of charm by which many people get loose from every honorable engagement.

Edmund Burke 708 quotes

The men of England,- the men, ...

The men of England,- the men, I mean, of light and leading in England.

Edmund Burke 708 quotes

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