Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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

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

I know that many have been taught to think that moderation, in a case like...

I know that many have been taught to think that moderation, in a case like...

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...

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body.

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body.

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

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

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will...

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will...

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance...

All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance...

People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are...

People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are...

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only...

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only...

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...

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond...

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond...

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...

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.

It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration

It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration

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.

Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.

Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.

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...

It's a necessary quality of a diplomat or a politician that he will compromise. Uncompromising...

It's a necessary quality of a diplomat or a politician that he will compromise. Uncompromising...

Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the...

Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the...

Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one...

Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one...