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

Quote by Edmund Burke

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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...

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

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;...

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the...

There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the...

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

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

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

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

That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors,...

That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors,...

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands...

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands...

Well is it known that ambition can creep as well as soar.

Well is it known that ambition can creep as well as soar.

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

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

You can never plan the future by the past.

You can never plan the future by the past.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

Poetry, with all its obscurity, has a more general as well as a more powerful...

Poetry, with all its obscurity, has a more general as well as a more powerful...

The march of the human mind is slow.

The march of the human mind is slow.

Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.

Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.

The religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principles of...

The religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principles of...

When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have...

When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have...

I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do...

I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do...

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles

Protestantism makes the relation of a man to the Church to depend upon his relation...

Protestantism makes the relation of a man to the Church to depend upon his relation...

Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our...

Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our...