Education is the cheap defense of nations

Quote by Edmund Burke

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The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

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,...

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.

Good order is the foundation of all good things

Good order is the foundation of all good things

The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he...

The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he...

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is...

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little...

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little...

Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.

Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.

And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn...

And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn...

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...

Public calamity is a mighty leveler

Public calamity is a mighty leveler

Dangers by being despised grow great

Dangers by being despised grow great

Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of...

Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of...

To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.

To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.

Well is it known that ambition can creep as well as soar.

Well is it known that ambition can creep as well as soar.

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.