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

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The most important of all revolutions, a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions.

The most important of all revolutions, a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions.

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.

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.

Education is the cheap defense of nations

Education is the cheap defense of nations

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in...

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in...

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...

Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.

Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.

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.

Dangers by being despised grow great

Dangers by being despised grow great

You can never plan the future by the past.

You can never plan the future by the past.

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...

All that's necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for...

All that's necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for...

That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors,...

That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors,...

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference, which is, at least, half infidelity

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference, which is, at least, half infidelity

Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who does nothing because he could only do...

Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who does nothing because he could only do...

Custom reconciles us to everything.

Custom reconciles us to everything.

Good order is the foundation of all things.

Good order is the foundation of all things.

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...

Curst greed of gold, what crimes thy tyrant power has caused

Curst greed of gold, what crimes thy tyrant power has caused

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be...

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be...

We reproach people for talking about themselves but it is the subject they treat best

We reproach people for talking about themselves but it is the subject they treat best

The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.

The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.