“All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.”
— Edmund Burke
Author: Edmund Burke
Category: government
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Never despair, but if you do, work
“Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.”
— Edmund Burke
Author: Edmund Burke
Category: work
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All tyranny needs to gain a foothold
“All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.”
— Edmund Burke
Author: Edmund Burke
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We must all obey the great law
“We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.”
— Edmund Burke
Author: Edmund Burke
Category: change
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Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the
“Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.”
— Edmund Burke
Author: Edmund Burke
Category: wisdom
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The only thing necessary for the triumph
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
— Edmund Burke
Author: Edmund Burke
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People crushed by laws, have no hope
“People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law; and those who have most to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous.”
— Edmund Burke
Author: Edmund Burke
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Politics and the pulpit are terms that
“Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.”
— Edmund Burke
Author: Edmund Burke
Category: politics
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Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the
“Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.”
— Edmund Burke
Author: Edmund Burke
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Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows,
“Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.”
— Edmund Burke
Author: Edmund Burke
Category: poetry
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Under the pressure of the cares and
“Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations – wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco.”
— Edmund Burke
Author: Edmund Burke
Category: men
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