Edmund Burke ( 10 of 111 )
It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary
ideas of criminal justice to this read more
It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary
ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not
know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole
people.
Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair
Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair
What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.
What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.
If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.
If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.
The body of all true religion consists, to be sure, in obedience
to the will of the Sovereign of read more
The body of all true religion consists, to be sure, in obedience
to the will of the Sovereign of the world, in a confidence in His
declarations, and in imitation of His perfections.
The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
There is however a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a
virtue.
There is however a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a
virtue.
Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and
any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, read more
Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and
any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies
under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
