It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration

Quote by Edmund Burke

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To innovate is not to reform.

To innovate is not to reform.

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

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

The writers against religion, while they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set...

The writers against religion, while they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set...

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed

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...

Poetry, with all its obscurity, has a more general as well as a more powerful...

Poetry, with all its obscurity, has a more general as well as a more powerful...

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart

Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart

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...

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

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

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

To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.

To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.

Manners are of more importance than laws... Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or...

Manners are of more importance than laws... Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or...

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

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

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...

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,...

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...