By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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There is a courageous wisdom; there is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not...

There is a courageous wisdom; there is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not...

Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.

Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

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...

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed

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.

I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one,...

I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one,...

The march of the human mind is slow

The march of the human mind is slow

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

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;...

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.

Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.

Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.

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...

In all forms of government the people is the true legislator.

In all forms of government the people is the true legislator.

If the grain were separated from the chaff, which fills the works of our national...

If the grain were separated from the chaff, which fills the works of our national...

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every...

Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every...

Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood.

Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood.