What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

Patience will achieve more than force.

Patience will achieve more than force.

The religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principles of...

The religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principles of...

The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.

The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.

You can never plan the future by the past.

You can never plan the future by the past.

To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is...

To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is...

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...

To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.

To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.

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.

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.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

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

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

The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he...

The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he...

One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.

One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.

Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.

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...

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...

Patience will achieve more than force.

Patience will achieve more than force.

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason,...

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason,...