Good order is the foundation of all things.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

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...

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do...

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do...

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

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...

What is it we all seek for in an election? To answer its real purposes,...

What is it we all seek for in an election? To answer its real purposes,...

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

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

He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent,...

He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent,...

Custom reconciles us to everything.

Custom reconciles us to everything.

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...

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...

To innovate is not to reform.

To innovate is not to reform.

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

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

It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration

It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

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...

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds

Superstition is poetry of life, so that it does not injure the poet to be...

Superstition is poetry of life, so that it does not injure the poet to be...

Superstition is the poison of the mind

Superstition is the poison of the mind