Author: Edmund Burke

Quotes

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

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

- 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

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

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

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

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

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