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

Quote by Edmund Burke

Topics: Indifference Quotes, Infidelity Quotes, Religion Quotes

To innovate is not to reform.

To innovate is not to reform.

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.

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...

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,...

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is...

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is...

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 first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity

The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity

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...

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

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

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...

Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.

Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.

Custom reconciles us to everything.

Custom reconciles us to everything.

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...

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is...

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is...

Patience will achieve more than force.

Patience will achieve more than force.

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...

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.

One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.

One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.