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

Quote by Edmund Burke

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To innovate is not to reform.

To innovate is not to reform.

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

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

Patience will achieve more than force.

Patience will achieve more than force.

By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will...

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will...

Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of...

Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of...

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...

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...

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...

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body.

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body.

Good order is the foundation of all things.

Good order is the foundation of all things.

Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.

Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.

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.

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law...

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law...

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

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...

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

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.

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...