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Schemes Quotes by Edmund Burke
- 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…
- The science of constructing a commonwealth or renovating it, or reforming it, is...not to be taught a priori...That which in the first instance is prejudicial…
- 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;…
More Schemes Quotes
- I have no grand scheme. — Dave Attell
- I'm scared of actors with a scheme. — Cate Blanchett
- We read too much Shakespeare at school, and view our parliamentary politics as dynastic drama, in which an impatient crown prince frets… — James Buchan
- Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and… — Edmund Burke
- In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation. — Samuel Butler
- I am not suggesting that all those missionary organizations working in Haiti should pack up and go home, but I am urging… — Tony Campolo
- There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that… — Shirley Chisholm
- In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open,… — Winston Churchill
- In the scheme of our national government, the presidency is preeminently the people's office. — Grover Cleveland
- When I go back to the core of my childhood, my cousin Lucy seems always to be in the peripheral vision of… — Martin Amis
- It is inconceivable that anyone will divulge a truly effective get-rich scheme for the price of a book. There is ample opportunity… — Victor Niederhoffer
- Organized religion: The world's largest pyramid scheme. — Bernard Katz