Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.

Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.

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

Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.

Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when...

There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when...

There never was a bad man that had ability for good service.

There never was a bad man that had ability for good service.

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...

Men are qualified for civil liberties in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral...

Men are qualified for civil liberties in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral...

The march of the human mind is slow.

The march of the human mind is slow.

The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.

The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.

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

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

The march of the human mind is slow

The march of the human mind is slow

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.

It is in the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere

It is in the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere

Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does.

Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does.

When youre up to your armpits in alligators, its hard to remember to drain the...

When youre up to your armpits in alligators, its hard to remember to drain the...