Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist

Quote by Edmund Burke

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Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.

Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.

Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

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...

Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.

Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.

Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The...

Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The...

Good order is the foundation of all good things

Good order is the foundation of all good things

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;...

Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument...

Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument...

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...

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...

The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we...

The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we...

Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart

Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart

The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts

The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts

One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.

One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead...

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead...

And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn...

And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn...

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...

The first duty of a government is to give education to the people.

The first duty of a government is to give education to the people.

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well,...

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well,...