Education is the cheap defense of nations

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel...

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel...

I know that many have been taught to think that moderation, in a case like...

I know that many have been taught to think that moderation, in a case like...

A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

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...

What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.

What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.

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...

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is...

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is...

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

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

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will...

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will...

Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.

Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.

Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.

Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.