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

Quote by Edmund Burke

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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...

I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of...

I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of...

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

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

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

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.

What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is...

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is...

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...

Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.

Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.

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...

The march of the human mind is slow

The march of the human mind is slow

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...

The religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principles of...

The religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principles of...

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

To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.

To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

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...

One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.

One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.

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...