« All Civil Quotes · Edmund Burke's Page
Civil Quotes by Edmund Burke
- Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society.
- Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being…
- Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial…
- I cannot stand forward, and give praise or blame to any thing which relates to human actions, and human concerns, on a simple view of…
- Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites.
- Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement. No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing voice of Christian…
- Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites…in proportion as they are more…
- Men are qualified for civil liberties in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their appetites: in proportion as their love of…
More Civil Quotes
- It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite… — Hannah Arendt
- Before the Civil War, Canada was at the top of the underground railroad. If you made it into Canada, you were safe… — Margaret Atwood
- My first jobs were all civil service. At 14, I worked for the Canadian National Railways. At 16, I worked for the… — Dan Aykroyd
- The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the… — John Quincy Adams
- Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on… — Samuel Adams
- The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty… — Samuel Adams
- Let me go over this again on the reclaiming the civil rights movement. People of faith that believe that you have an… — Glenn Beck
- A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a responsibility toward… — Pope Benedict XVI
- Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church. — Pope Benedict XVI
- Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn't. — Joe Biden
- During the 60's, I was, in fact, very concerned about the civil rights movement. — Joe Biden
- In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Minister'. — Tony Blair