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

Quote by Edmund Burke

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Custom reconciles us to everything.

Custom reconciles us to everything.

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,...

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...

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

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 have in general no very exalted opinion of the virtue of paper government.

I have in general no very exalted opinion of the virtue of paper government.

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all...

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all...

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

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

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...

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

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

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

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.

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.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only...

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only...

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Bad science and bad religion simply swap roles, the former proclaiming Truth, the latter worshiping...

Bad science and bad religion simply swap roles, the former proclaiming Truth, the latter worshiping...

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow...

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow...

The New Testament, compared with the Old, is like a farce of one act

The New Testament, compared with the Old, is like a farce of one act