“Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society.”
— Edmund Burke
Author: Edmund Burke
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If you can be well without health,
“If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.”
— Edmund Burke
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Beauty is the promise of happiness.
“Beauty is the promise of happiness.”
— Edmund Burke
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A State without the means of some
“A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.”
— Edmund Burke
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The greater the power, the more dangerous
“The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.”
— Edmund Burke
Author: Edmund Burke
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All human laws are, properly speaking, only
“All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice.”
— Edmund Burke
Author: Edmund Burke
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There is but one law for all,
“There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity – the law of nature and of nations.”
— Edmund Burke
Author: Edmund Burke
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When bad men combine, the good must
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.”
— 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
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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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It is the nature of all greatness
“It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.”
— Edmund Burke
Author: Edmund Burke
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