Public calamity is a mighty leveler

Quote by Edmund Burke

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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...

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...

Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument...

Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument...

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

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

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...

Men are qualified for civil liberties in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral...

Men are qualified for civil liberties in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral...

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add...

Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add...

A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard...

A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard...

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from...

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from...

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...

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

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

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

Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty.

Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty.

Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

Education is the cheap defense of nations

Education is the cheap defense of nations

A scholar is committed to building on knowledge that others have gathered, correcting it, confirming...

A scholar is committed to building on knowledge that others have gathered, correcting it, confirming...

We come then to the question presented: Does segregation of children in public schools solely...

We come then to the question presented: Does segregation of children in public schools solely...