That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors, is to keep the Spirit of Liberty constantly awake, is an undeniable truth

Quote by Edmund Burke

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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...

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

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.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

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...

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

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...

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...

Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to...

Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to...

Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.

Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.

Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.

Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

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

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

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

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...

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...

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...

For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind...

For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind...

The Devil was sick - the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well...

The Devil was sick - the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well...