People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law; and those who have most to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

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

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

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...

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body

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...

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...

The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all...

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all...

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...

Anarchism, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion;...

Anarchism, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion;...

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

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

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

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

Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.

Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.

Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart

Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart

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

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

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

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

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

Tyrants seldom want pretexts.

Tyrants seldom want pretexts.

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law...

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law...