Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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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....

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

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

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

Tyrants seldom want pretexts.

Tyrants seldom want pretexts.

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead...

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead...

I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one,...

I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one,...

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...

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

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

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

You can never plan the future by the past.

You can never plan the future by the past.

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

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

A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

Dangers by being despised grow great

Dangers by being despised grow great

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...

Education is the cheap defense of nations

Education is the cheap defense of nations

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little...

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little...

Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The...

Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The...

And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn...

And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn...

The basis of effective government if public confidence.

The basis of effective government if public confidence.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition...

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition...