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Edmund Burke Quotes

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
Edmund Burke

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Statesman Quotes
Category:
Irish Statesman Quotes
Date of Birth:
January 12, 1729
Date of Death:
July 9, 1797
Nationality:
Irish
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Select Edmund Burke Quotations:
A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
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Facts are to the mind what food is to the body.
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Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
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You can never plan the future by the past.
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Good order is the foundation of all things.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Edmund Burke


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