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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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...

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

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

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

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

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,...

The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we...

The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we...

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...

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...

And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn...

And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn...

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

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in...

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in...

The march of the human mind is slow

The march of the human mind is slow

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...

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

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;...

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

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

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from...

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from...

In all forms of government the people is the true legislator.

In all forms of government the people is the true legislator.

That no government, so called, can reasonably be trusted, or reasonably be supposed to have...

That no government, so called, can reasonably be trusted, or reasonably be supposed to have...

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on...

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on...