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

Quote by Edmund Burke

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Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument...

Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument...

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,...

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that, for any practical...

If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that, for any practical...

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 march of the human mind is slow

The march of the human mind is slow

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.

Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.

The march of the human mind is slow.

The march of the human mind is slow.

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference, which is, at least, half infidelity

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference, which is, at least, half infidelity

To innovate is not to reform.

To innovate is not to reform.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty.

Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty.

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.

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...

Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.

Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands...

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands...

Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at...

Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at...