Edmund Burke Quotes

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods.
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You can never plan the future by the past.
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The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blanches, the thought that never wanders, the purpose that never wavers – these are the masters of victory.
– Edmund Burke

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Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
– Edmund Burke

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Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.
– Edmund Burke

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Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
– Edmund Burke

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Never apologise for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologise for the truth.
– Edmund Burke

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Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.
– Edmund Burke

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Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist.
– Edmund Burke

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They will never love where they ought to love, who do not hate where they ought to hate.
– Edmund Burke

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If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
– Edmund Burke

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There is a boundary to men’s passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.
– Edmund Burke

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There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men.
– Edmund Burke

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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.
– Edmund Burke

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Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
– Edmund Burke

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No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
– Edmund Burke

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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
– Edmund Burke

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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
– Edmund Burke

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Laws, like houses, lean on one another.
– Edmund Burke

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A representative owes not just his industry but his judgement.
– Edmund Burke

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All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
– Edmund Burke

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Our patience will achieve more than our force.
– Edmund Burke

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Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
– Edmund Burke

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

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Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.
– Edmund Burke

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Ambition can creep as well as soar.
– Edmund Burke

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The greatest gift is a passion for reading.
– Edmund Burke

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The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
– Edmund Burke

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Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.
– Edmund Burke

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

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It is generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles and design.
– Edmund Burke

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He that accuses all mankind of corruption ought to remember that he is sure to convict only one.
– Edmund Burke

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