To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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Patience will achieve more than force.

Patience will achieve more than 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.

I have in general no very exalted opinion of the virtue of paper government.

I have in general no very exalted opinion of the virtue of paper government.

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.

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.

You can never plan the future by the past.

You can never plan the future by the past.

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.

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...

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

Good order is the foundation of all good things

Good order is the foundation of all good things

Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.

Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is...

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is...

Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at...

Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at...

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

It is in the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere

It is in the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere

Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add...

Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add...

When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents,...

When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents,...

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.

If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.