Edmund Burke ( 10 of 111 )
There ought to be a system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. read more
There ought to be a system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
The worthy gentleman [Mr. Coombe], who has been snatched from us
at the moment of the election, and in read more
The worthy gentleman [Mr. Coombe], who has been snatched from us
at the moment of the election, and in the middle of the contest,
while his desires were as warm, and his hopes as eager as ours,
has feelingly told us, what shadows we are, and what shadows we
pursue.
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.
But the religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a
refinement on the principle of resistance, it is read more
But the religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a
refinement on the principle of resistance, it is the dissidence
of dissent, and the protestantism of the Protestant religion.
Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing
Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing
Of this stamp is the cant of, not men, but measures.
Of this stamp is the cant of, not men, but measures.
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.
When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will
fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in read more
When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will
fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible
struggle.
The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blanches, the thought that never wanders, the purpose that never wavers read more
The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blanches, the thought that never wanders, the purpose that never wavers - these are the masters of victory.
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.
