People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law; and those who have most to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.

Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.

I have in general no very exalted opinion of the virtue of paper government.

I have in general no very exalted opinion of the virtue of paper government.

You can never plan the future by the past.

You can never plan the future by the past.

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little...

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little...

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference, which is, at least, half infidelity

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference, which is, at least, half infidelity

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;...

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...

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law...

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law...

In all forms of government the people is the true legislator.

In all forms of government the people is the true legislator.

Good order is the foundation of all things.

Good order is the foundation of all things.

If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that, for any practical...

If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that, for any practical...

It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.

It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.

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

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

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands...

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands...

A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.

The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all...

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all...

It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your...

It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your...

Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty

Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty