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They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.

They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Obstinacy Quotes,
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The individual is foolish; the multitude, for the moment is
foolish, when they act without deliberation; but the species read more

The individual is foolish; the multitude, for the moment is
foolish, when they act without deliberation; but the species is
wise, and, when time is given to it, as a species it always acts
right.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Public Quotes,
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The balance of power.

The balance of power.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Power Quotes,
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No man can mortgage his injustice as a pawn for his fidelity.

No man can mortgage his injustice as a pawn for his fidelity.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Fidelity Quotes,
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Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have a right that these wants should read more

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have a right that these wants should be provided for by this wisdom.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Government Quotes,
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