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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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...

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...

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...

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...

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles,...

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles,...

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

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.

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...

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.

Dangers by being despised grow great

Dangers by being despised grow great

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.

To innovate is not to reform.

To innovate is not to reform.

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

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

When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents,...

When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents,...

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands...

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands...

Public calamity is a mighty leveler

Public calamity is a mighty leveler

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

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

Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.

Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.

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...