Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

Quote by Edmund Burke

Topics: Edmund Burke Quotes

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.

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...

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

If the grain were separated from the chaff, which fills the works of our national...

If the grain were separated from the chaff, which fills the works of our national...

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...

Poetry, with all its obscurity, has a more general as well as a more powerful...

Poetry, with all its obscurity, has a more general as well as a more powerful...

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

Dangers by being despised grow great

Dangers by being despised grow great

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

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

It is undoubtedly the business of ministers very much to consult the inclinations of the...

It is undoubtedly the business of ministers very much to consult the inclinations of the...

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles,...

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles,...

Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

All that's necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for...

All that's necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for...

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...

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...

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed

The writers against religion, while they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set...

The writers against religion, while they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set...

You call this a script? Give me a couple of 5,000-dollar-a-week writers and I'll write...

You call this a script? Give me a couple of 5,000-dollar-a-week writers and I'll write...

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on...

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on...