Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude...

If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude...

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel...

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel...

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...

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond...

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond...

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

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

Patience will achieve more than force.

Patience will achieve more than force.

Education is the cheap defense of nations

Education is the cheap defense of nations

All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance...

All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance...

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body

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.

Custom reconciles us to everything.

Custom reconciles us to everything.

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...

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond...

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond...

There is a courageous wisdom; there is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not...

There is a courageous wisdom; there is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not...

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

There never was a bad man that had ability for good service.

There never was a bad man that had ability for good service.

Young children possess the ability to cut across the customary categories; to appreciate usually undiscerned...

Young children possess the ability to cut across the customary categories; to appreciate usually undiscerned...

I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill.

I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill.