Author: Edmund Burke

Quotes

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.

- Edmund Burke

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

- Edmund Burke

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

- Edmund Burke

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.

- Edmund Burke

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

- Edmund Burke

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

- Edmund Burke

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

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

- Edmund Burke

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

- Edmund Burke

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

- Edmund Burke

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