The moment that government appears at market, the principles of the market will be subverted.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.

Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.

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...

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

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...

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.

Patience will achieve more than force.

Patience will achieve more than force.

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...

Tyrants seldom want pretexts.

Tyrants seldom want pretexts.

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.

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...

The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we...

The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we...

Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.

Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.

The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

Its not so much the journey thats important; as is the way that we treat...

Its not so much the journey thats important; as is the way that we treat...

Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them,...

Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them,...

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what...

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what...