Edmund Burke ( 10 of 111 )
The writers against religion, whilst they oppose every system,
are wisely careful never to set up any of their read more
The writers against religion, whilst they oppose every system,
are wisely careful never to set up any of their own.
Some decent regulated pre-eminence, some preference (not
exclusive appropriation) given to birth, is neither unnatural,
nor unjust, nor read more
Some decent regulated pre-eminence, some preference (not
exclusive appropriation) given to birth, is neither unnatural,
nor unjust, nor impolite.
It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for read more
It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
Writers, especially when they act in a body and with one
direction, have great influence on the public mind.
Writers, especially when they act in a body and with one
direction, have great influence on the public mind.
The cold neutrality of an impartial judge.
The cold neutrality of an impartial judge.
Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
But the concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear.
But the concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear.
Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no
other.
Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no
other.
Falsehood is a perennial spring.
Falsehood is a perennial spring.
Some degree of novelty must be one of the materials in almost every instrument which works upon the mind; and read more
Some degree of novelty must be one of the materials in almost every instrument which works upon the mind; and curiosity blends itself, more or less, with all our pleasures.
