If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that, for any practical purpose, it is what the people think so, - and that they, and not I, are the natural, lawful, and competent judges of this matter.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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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,...

Patience will achieve more than force.

Patience will achieve more than force.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel...

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel...

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.

Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

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.

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...

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.

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...

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law...

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law...

The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we...

The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we...

To innovate is not to reform.

To innovate is not to reform.

To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is...

To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is...

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty.

Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty.

Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add...

Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add...

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.

If you punish honesty in others, you encourage dishonesty.

If you punish honesty in others, you encourage dishonesty.

Hatred and dishonesty generally arises from fear of being deceived.

Hatred and dishonesty generally arises from fear of being deceived.