Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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

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

Tyrants seldom want pretexts.

Tyrants seldom want pretexts.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do...

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do...

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

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

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Anarchism, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion;...

Anarchism, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion;...

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

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

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 bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one,...

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one,...

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add...

Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add...

Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist

Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist

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

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

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

If the grain were separated from the chaff, which fills the works of our national...

If the grain were separated from the chaff, which fills the works of our national...

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...

There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the...

There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the...

In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a...

In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a...