Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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You can never plan the future by the past.

You can never plan the future by the past.

Never despair, but if you do, work in despair

Never despair, but if you do, work in despair

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do...

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do...

In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a...

In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a...

I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one,...

I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one,...

Public calamity is a mighty leveler

Public calamity is a mighty leveler

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

The march of the human mind is slow

The march of the human mind is slow

Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.

Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from...

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from...

All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing

All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body.

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body.

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded;...

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded;...

You can never plan the future by the past.

You can never plan the future by the past.

Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of...

Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of...

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

Tyrants seldom want pretexts.

Tyrants seldom want pretexts.

When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents,...

When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents,...

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond...

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond...