Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.

Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one,...

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one,...

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

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...

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument...

Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument...

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do...

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do...

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to...

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to...

I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of...

I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of...

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.

A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views....

A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views....

I have in general no very exalted opinion of the virtue of paper government.

I have in general no very exalted opinion of the virtue of paper government.

Good order is the foundation of all things.

Good order is the foundation of all things.

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.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

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...

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only...

At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only...

As in this body, there are for the embodied one childhood, youth, old age, even...

As in this body, there are for the embodied one childhood, youth, old age, even...

I spend money with reckless abandon. Last month I blew $5000 at a reincarnation. I...

I spend money with reckless abandon. Last month I blew $5000 at a reincarnation. I...