Best Edmund Burke Wisdom
- Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new impositions; any bungler can add to the old; but is it altogether wise to have… Add
- No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing voice of Christian charity. Charity
- Learning will be cast into the mire and trodden down under the hoofs of a swinish multitude. Cast
- Adversity is a severe instructor, set over us by one who knows us better than we do ourselves, as he loves us better too. He… Acquainted
- He was not merely a chip off the old block, but the old block itself. Block
- That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors, is to keep the Spirit of Liberty constantly awake, is… Awake
- I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one, in the real misfortunes and pain of others Convinced
- Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover. Applaud
- Art is a partnership not only between those who are living but between those who are dead and those who are yet to be born. Art
- In their nomination to office they will not appoint to the exercise of authority as to a pitiful job, but as to a holy function. Appoint
- Nothing is so rash as fear; its counsels very rarely put off, whilst they are always sure to aggravate the evils from which it would… Aggravate
- In on summer they have done their business... they have completely pulled down to the ground their monarchy, their church, their nobility, their law, their… All
- We are in a war of a peculiar nature. It is not with an ordinary community, which is hostile or friendly as passion or as… Abandon
- Reflect how you are to govern a people who think they ought to be free, and think they are not. Your scheme yields no revenue;… All
- When slavery is established in any part of the world, those who are free are by far the most proud and jealous of their freedom. Any
- England and Ireland may flourish together. The world is large enough for both of us. Let it be our care not to make ourselves too… Both
- I find along with many virtues in my countrymen there is a jealousy, a soreness, and readiness to take offence, as if they were the… Affair
- The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from an over-sensibilit y for ourselves and an over-indulgence to our… Arise
- A nation without means of reform is without means of survival. Inspirational
- The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws. Enforcement
- The greatest sin is to do nothing because you can only do a little. Greatest
- A great empire and little minds go ill together. American Revolution
- The starry heaven, though it occurs so very frequently to our view, never fails to excite an idea of grandeur. This cannot be owing to… Advantage
- I would rather sleep in the southern corner of a little country churchyard than in the tomb of the Capulets. Capulets
- My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These… Affection
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