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Find important quotes and citations by the author Edmund Burke.
Quote 3225
A great empire and little minds go ill together.Quote 3224
The use of force alone is but temporary.Quote 3223
It is not what a lawyer tells me I MAY do, but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I OUGHT to do.Quote 3222
All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.Quote 2388
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothingMore quotes on the topics: necessity evil indifference risk
Quote 1912
Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart.Quote 1526
You can never plan the future by the pastMore quotes on the topics: future past fortune representations
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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuseQuote 875
Beauty is the promise of happinessQuote 266
People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestorsMore quotes on the topics: posterity ancestry people interest indifference