Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.

People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are...

People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are...

That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors,...

That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors,...

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...

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The march of the human mind is slow.

The march of the human mind is slow.

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...

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

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

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference, which is, at least, half infidelity

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference, which is, at least, half infidelity

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands...

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands...

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one,...

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one,...

Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty.

Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty.

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

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

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

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...

Tyrants seldom want pretexts.

Tyrants seldom want pretexts.

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

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