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

Quote by Edmund Burke

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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...

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

Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

Never despair, but if you do, work in despair

Never despair, but if you do, work in despair

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...

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

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...

Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.

Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.

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.

Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.

Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.

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

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

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.

I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations...

I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations...

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

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...

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

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

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

The march of the human mind is slow.

The march of the human mind is slow.