Author: Edmund Burke

Quotes

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

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

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

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

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

- Edmund Burke

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

- 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

The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

- 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

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