Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents,...

When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents,...

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...

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...

If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude...

If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude...

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,...

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason,...

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason,...

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...

Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who does nothing because he could only do...

Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who does nothing because he could only do...

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

A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard...

A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard...

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...

Education is the cheap defense of nations

Education is the cheap defense of nations

All that's necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for...

All that's necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for...

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

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...

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

Custom reconciles us to everything.

Custom reconciles us to everything.

A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of...

Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of...