Author: Edmund Burke

Quotes

A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

- 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

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

- Edmund Burke

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

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

- 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

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

- Edmund Burke

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.

- Edmund Burke

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

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

- Edmund Burke

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