The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

Quote by Edmund Burke

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Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from...

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from...

Patience will achieve more than force.

Patience will achieve more than force.

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,...

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.

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...

To innovate is not to reform.

To innovate is not to reform.

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.

Custom reconciles us to everything.

Custom reconciles us to everything.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Tyrants seldom want pretexts.

Tyrants seldom want pretexts.

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.

The march of the human mind is slow.

The march of the human mind is slow.

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body

You can never plan the future by the past.

You can never plan the future by the past.

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...

Law and arbitrary power are at eternal enmity

Law and arbitrary power are at eternal enmity

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

A lawyer's primer: If you don't have the law, you argue the facts; if you...

A lawyer's primer: If you don't have the law, you argue the facts; if you...

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.

Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And...

Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And...

The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him; they crush those...

The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him; they crush those...