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

Quote by Edmund Burke

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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...

Law and arbitrary power are at eternal enmity

Law and arbitrary power are at eternal enmity

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from...

The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from...

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...

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will...

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will...

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded;...

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded;...

I know that many have been taught to think that moderation, in a case like...

I know that many have been taught to think that moderation, in a case like...

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

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

Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.

Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.

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,...

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

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

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he...

The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he...

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.

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...

Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a...

Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a...

Just because society, and government, and whatever was different 100 years ago, doesn't mean that...

Just because society, and government, and whatever was different 100 years ago, doesn't mean that...

Of all the inventions that have helped to unify China perhaps the airplane is the...

Of all the inventions that have helped to unify China perhaps the airplane is the...