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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Dangers by being despised grow great

Dangers by being despised grow great

The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.

The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.

The writers against religion, while they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set...

The writers against religion, while they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set...

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

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

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.

You can never plan the future by the past.

You can never plan the future by the past.

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...

The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart

Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart

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...

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

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

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

It is undoubtedly the business of ministers very much to consult the inclinations of the...

It is undoubtedly the business of ministers very much to consult the inclinations of the...

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

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

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

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...

It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.

It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.

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...

All evils are equal when they are extreme.

All evils are equal when they are extreme.

All taxation is an evil, but heavy taxes, indiscriminately levied on every everything are one...

All taxation is an evil, but heavy taxes, indiscriminately levied on every everything are one...