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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Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from...

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from...

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

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

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,...

The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity

The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity

All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance...

All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance...

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

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

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...

A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard...

A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard...

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,...

Never despair, but if you do, work in despair

Never despair, but if you do, work in despair

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...

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.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing

All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason,...

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason,...

Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at...

Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at...

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from...

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from...

Tyrants seldom want pretexts.

Tyrants seldom want pretexts.