Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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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...

Education is the cheap defense of nations

Education is the cheap defense of nations

Good order is the foundation of all things.

Good order is the foundation of all things.

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

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.

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,...

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

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

Patience will achieve more than force.

Patience will achieve more than force.

He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent,...

He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent,...

There is a courageous wisdom; there is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not...

There is a courageous wisdom; there is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not...

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.

Manners are of more importance than laws... Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or...

Manners are of more importance than laws... Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or...

Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.

Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.

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

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

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.

The march of the human mind is slow.

The march of the human mind is slow.

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...

I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations...

I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations...

The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.