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

Quote by Edmund Burke

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Patience will achieve more than force.

Patience will achieve more than force.

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is...

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is...

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...

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 person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he...

The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he...

The march of the human mind is slow

The march of the human mind is slow

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...

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...

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.

Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.

Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.

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.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist

Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

In all forms of government the people is the true legislator.

In all forms of government the people is the true legislator.

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is...

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is...

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...

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The...

Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The...

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.