« All Cruel Quotes · Edmund Burke's Page
Cruel Quotes by Edmund Burke
- In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
- In a democracy the majority of citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority...and that oppression of the majority will extend…
- A kind Providence has placed in our breasts a hatred of the unjust and cruel, in order that we may preserve ourselves from cruelty and…
More Cruel Quotes
- Hollywood is a very strong machine that needs, and in... especially with female actors, fresh flesh. It's that cruel. But that's the… — Antonio Banderas
- China once again disgusts the world, portraying the image of a cruel, perverted people devoid of any feelings towards animals. — Brigitte Bardot
- Romania will not be able to evolve if it continues to take cruel decisions against sensitive creatures, which are under the protection… — Brigitte Bardot
- Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown… — Joseph Addison
- That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel? — Joseph Addison
- Idle people are often bored and bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel. It is not accident that boredom and… — Renata Adler
- Bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel. — Renata Adler
- I feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places. Most Icelandic people are really… — Bjork
- It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and… — Benjamin Britten
- Terror made me cruel. — Emily Bronte
- In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority. — Edmund Burke
- Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong. — Leo Buscaglia