The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from an over-sensibility for ourselves and an over-indulgence to our own desires

Quote by Edmund Burke

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Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead...

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead...

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...

A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views....

A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views....

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...

There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when...

There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when...

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is...

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is...

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.

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.

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

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

Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.

Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.

It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration

It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration

Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart

Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart

Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.

Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.

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...

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

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...

Just called the police on my girlfriend. She hasn't committed a crime, I just want...

Just called the police on my girlfriend. She hasn't committed a crime, I just want...

What is neither a crime nor a sin is what you should get busy doing.

What is neither a crime nor a sin is what you should get busy doing.