All that's necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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

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

I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of...

I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of...

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is...

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is...

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...

Well is it known that ambition can creep as well as soar.

Well is it known that ambition can creep as well as soar.

The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he...

The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he...

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles,...

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles,...

Education is the cheap defense of nations

Education is the cheap defense of nations

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

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

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is...

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is...

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

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

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...

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is...

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is...

People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are...

People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are...

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is...

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is...

Men are only as loyal as their options.

Men are only as loyal as their options.

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at...

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at...

The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead...

The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead...