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

Quote by Edmund Burke

Topics: Separation Quotes

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

Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.

Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

There is a courageous wisdom; there is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not...

There is a courageous wisdom; there is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not...

Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.

Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.

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

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands...

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands...

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

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

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

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.

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

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...

The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.

The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed

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

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

Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who does nothing because he could only do...

Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who does nothing because he could only do...

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by...

The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by...

The most distressing aspect of the world into which you are going is its indifference...

The most distressing aspect of the world into which you are going is its indifference...

It was my first meeting with a philosophy that confirmed my vague speculations and seemed...

It was my first meeting with a philosophy that confirmed my vague speculations and seemed...