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Edmund Burke
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Quote 3225
A great empire and little minds go ill together.by: Edmund BurkeQuote 3224
The use of force alone is but temporary.by: Edmund BurkeQuote 3223
It is not what a lawyer tells me I MAY do, but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I OUGHT to do.by: Edmund BurkeQuote 3222
All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.by: Edmund BurkeQuote 2388
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothingby: Edmund BurkeMore quotes on the topics: necessity evil indifference risk
Quote 1912
Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart.by: Edmund BurkeQuote 1526
You can never plan the future by the pastby: Edmund BurkeMore quotes on the topics: future past fortune representations
Quote 1060
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuseby: Edmund BurkeQuote 875
Beauty is the promise of happinessby: Edmund BurkeQuote 266
People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestorsby: Edmund BurkeMore quotes on the topics: posterity ancestry people interest indifference
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