Edmund Burke ( 10 of 111 )
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.
It is the function of a judge not to make but to declare the law,
according to the golden read more
It is the function of a judge not to make but to declare the law,
according to the golden mete-wand of the law and not by the
crooked cord of discretion.
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.
Falsehood is a perennial spring.
Falsehood is a perennial spring.
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.
Calamity is man's true touchstone
Calamity is man's true touchstone
The cold neutrality of an impartial judge.
The cold neutrality of an impartial judge.
But the concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear.
But the concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear.
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.
