Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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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.

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

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,...

Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add...

Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add...

To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is...

To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is...

Patience will achieve more than force.

Patience will achieve more than force.

The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from...

The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from...

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...

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...

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

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,...

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...

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

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

You can never plan the future by the past.

You can never plan the future by the past.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the...

There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the...

Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at...

Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at...

Tyrants seldom want pretexts.

Tyrants seldom want pretexts.

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.