Tyrants seldom want pretexts.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Well is it known that ambition can creep as well as soar.

Well is it known that ambition can creep as well as soar.

It is undoubtedly the business of ministers very much to consult the inclinations of the...

It is undoubtedly the business of ministers very much to consult the inclinations of the...

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....

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...

Public calamity is a mighty leveler

Public calamity is a mighty leveler

Custom reconciles us to everything.

Custom reconciles us to everything.

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

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

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...

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

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

The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.

The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.

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...

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...

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.

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.

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body

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...

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Born again?! No, I'm not. Excuse me for getting it right the first time.

Born again?! No, I'm not. Excuse me for getting it right the first time.

When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all...

When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all...