Edmund Burke

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history
of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui read more

There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history
of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui Bono, from his
having first introduced into judicial proceedings the argument,
"What end or object could the party have had in the act with
which he is accused."

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly
and awfully impressed with an idea that they read more

All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly
and awfully impressed with an idea that they act in trust, and
that they are to account for their conduct in that trust to the
one great Master, Author, and Founder of society.

It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration.

It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration.