Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Quote by Edmund Burke

Topics: Indifference Quotes, Religion Quotes

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...

The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.

The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.

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

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

I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of...

I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of...

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do...

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do...

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Public calamity is a mighty leveler

Public calamity is a mighty leveler

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel...

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel...

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

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

Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.

Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to...

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to...

By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.

Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.

Dangers by being despised grow great

Dangers by being despised grow great

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

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

The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

Men are qualified for civil liberties in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral...

Men are qualified for civil liberties in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral...

For some reason, I seem to be bothered whenever I see acts of injustice and...

For some reason, I seem to be bothered whenever I see acts of injustice and...

I urge calm and sensitivity to the fundamental civil liberties of our country.

I urge calm and sensitivity to the fundamental civil liberties of our country.

Let me be clear: There is no stronger advocate for civil liberties in the Senate...

Let me be clear: There is no stronger advocate for civil liberties in the Senate...

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a...

All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a...

Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey...

Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey...