Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent,...

He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent,...

Patience will achieve more than force.

Patience will achieve more than force.

Poetry, with all its obscurity, has a more general as well as a more powerful...

Poetry, with all its obscurity, has a more general as well as a more powerful...

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...

Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart

Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart

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,...

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

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...

All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance...

All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance...

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded;...

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded;...

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

To innovate is not to reform.

To innovate is not to reform.

Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.

Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.

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

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

Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.

Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.

Good order is the foundation of all things.

Good order is the foundation of all things.

Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.

Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.

Public calamity is a mighty leveler

Public calamity is a mighty leveler

Sometimes it takes a natural disaster to reveal a social disaster.

Sometimes it takes a natural disaster to reveal a social disaster.

Only after disaster can we be ressurected.

Only after disaster can we be ressurected.