But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.

Quote by Edmund Burke

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude...

If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude...

Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.

Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.

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

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

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds

Patience will achieve more than force.

Patience will achieve more than force.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only...

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only...

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.

The writers against religion, while they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set...

The writers against religion, while they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set...

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

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

It is undoubtedly the business of ministers very much to consult the inclinations of the...

It is undoubtedly the business of ministers very much to consult the inclinations of the...

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,...

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond...

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond...

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...

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason,...

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason,...