Edmund Burke ( 10 of 111 )
The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the
nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is read more
The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the
nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is gone!
Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
You can never plan the future by the past.
You can never plan the future by the past.
I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.
I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.
But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is
the greatest of all possible evils; for it read more
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.
Learning will be cast into the mire and trodden down under the
hoofs of a swinish multitude.
Learning will be cast into the mire and trodden down under the
hoofs of a swinish multitude.
It is hard to say whether the doctors of law or divinity have made the greater advances in the lucrative read more
It is hard to say whether the doctors of law or divinity have made the greater advances in the lucrative business of mystery.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against an
whole people.
I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against an
whole people.
