Author: Edmund Burke

Quotes

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 arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

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

- Edmund Burke

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

- Edmund Burke

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

- 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

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

The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

- Edmund Burke

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

- Edmund Burke

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