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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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...

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 greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from...

The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from...

Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty.

Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty.

What is it we all seek for in an election? To answer its real purposes,...

What is it we all seek for in an election? To answer its real purposes,...

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,...

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...

Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.

Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.

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

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

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

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in...

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in...

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;...

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...

A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views....

A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views....

Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist

Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist

And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn...

And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn...

Law and arbitrary power are at eternal enmity

Law and arbitrary power are at eternal enmity

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...

Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to...

Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to...