All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.

Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.

Education is the cheap defense of nations

Education is the cheap defense of nations

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will...

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will...

Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when...

There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when...

What is it we all seek for in an election? To answer its real purposes,...

What is it we all seek for in an election? To answer its real purposes,...

Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty.

Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

You can never plan the future by the past.

You can never plan the future by the past.

The moment that government appears at market, the principles of the market will be subverted.

The moment that government appears at market, the principles of the market will be subverted.

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.

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.

Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.

Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one,...

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one,...

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

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

You can never plan the future by the past.

You can never plan the future by the past.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed

The notion of religious liberty is that you cannot be forced to participate in a...

The notion of religious liberty is that you cannot be forced to participate in a...

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an...

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an...