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Edmund Burke Quotes |
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Type: Statesman Quotes Category: Irish Statesman Quotes Date of Birth: January 12, 1729 Date of Death: July 9, 1797 Nationality: Irish Find on Amazon: Edmund Burke Related Authors: Winston Churchill Nelson Mandela Colin Powell Indira Gandhi Marcus Tullius Cicero Lucius Annaeus Seneca Robert Mugabe Sitting Bull |
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Facts are to the mind what food is to the body.
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Edmund Burke Falsehood is a perennial spring. Edmund Burke Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. Edmund Burke Free trade is not based on utility but on justice. Edmund Burke Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits. Edmund Burke Good order is the foundation of all things. Edmund Burke He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls. Edmund Burke He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. Edmund Burke He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. Edmund Burke Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing. Edmund Burke I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business. Edmund Burke I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people. Edmund Burke If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived. Edmund Burke If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed. Edmund Burke If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue. Edmund Burke In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority. Edmund Burke In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature. Edmund Burke It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare. Edmund Burke It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do. Edmund Burke It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere. Edmund Burke |
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