You can never plan the future by the past.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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

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

A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard...

A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard...

If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude...

If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude...

The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from...

The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from...

People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are...

People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are...

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...

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

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...

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

Never despair, but if you do, work in despair

Never despair, but if you do, work in despair

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little...

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little...

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

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

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

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

America is a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before...

America is a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before...

It's all kinds of these profound things crashing on you when your child arrives into...

It's all kinds of these profound things crashing on you when your child arrives into...