Arbitrary Quote by Edmund Burke Download Open image “Law and arbitrary power are at eternal enmity” — Edmund Burke ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Arbitrary Enmity Eternal Law Power
The possession of arbitrary power has always, the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility, magnanimity, and truth. — Frederick Law Olmsted Copy Share Image
Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it; and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny… — William Pitt Copy Share Image
“Remember one fundamental law: that which can exist just for a moment can also become eternal –” — Osho Copy Share Image
Unlimited power corrupts the possessor; and this I know, that, where law ends, there tyranny begins. — William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Copy Share Image
Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it; and this I know, my lords, that where laws end, tyranny… — William Pitt The Younger Copy Share Image
“Law not served by power is an illusion; but power not ruled by law is a menace.” — Max Allan Collins Copy Share Image
Law hath dominion over all things, over universal mind and matter; For there are reciprocities of rights, which no creature can gainsay. — Martin Farquhar Tupper Copy Share Image
It is a hard but good law of fate, that as every evil, so every excessive power, wears itself out. — Johann Gottfried Herder Copy Share Image
Justice is immortal, eternal, and immutable, like God Himself; and the development of law is only then a progress when it is directed towards… — Lajos Kossuth Copy Share Image
That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority, without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious… — George Mason Copy Share Image
All powers, all laws, are but the fair Embodied thoughts of God. — John Stuart Blackie Copy Share Image
It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“Many of the greatest tyrants on the records of history have begun their reigns in the fairest manner. But the truth is, this unnatural… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
In this choice of inheritance we have given to our frame of polity the image of a relation in blood; binding up the constitution… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“Wise men will apply their remedies to vices, not to names; to the causes of evil which are permanent, not to the occasional organs… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“A man full of warm, speculative benevolence may wish his society otherwise constituted than he finds it; but a good patriot, and a true… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of thegreat. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument from it, even though but for one year, never… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
What is it we all seek for in an election? To answer its real purposes, you must first possess the means of knowing the… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Society is indeed a contract. It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
It is irresponsible to set an arbitrary cap on how much therapy a Medicare beneficiary can receive. It ignores the health needs of our… — John Ensign Copy Share Image
I do think that theater is a great venue for science fiction, and not just adaptations but also original work. I also think some… — Edward Einhorn Copy Share Image
To divide one's life by years is of course to tumble into a trap set by our own arithmetic. The calendar consents to carry… — Clifton Fadiman Copy Share Image
Not to be offensive, not to be capricious, not to be arbitrary, not to be neurotic, not to be an actor outer, you're just… — William Hurt Copy Share Image
I don't concern myself with thinking ahead to the finished product. I focus more specifically on what the character is experiencing. Once you relieve… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
Habit is altogether too arbitrary a master for me to submit to. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
I look back, now, and I know that the naming moment, which seemed so insignificant then, which seemed to demand no more than an… — Gregory David Roberts Copy Share Image
Police in China can do whatever they want; after 81 days in arbitrary detention you clearly realise that they don't have to obey their… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Contrary to what certain governments say, human rights are universal. Arbitrary detention, torture and discrimination hurt the human dignity of anybody, whatever his or… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
What causes adolescents to rebel is not the assertion of authority but the arbitrary use of power, with little explanation of the rules and… — Laurence Steinberg Copy Share Image
There is something on earth greater than arbitrary or despotic power. The lightning has its power, and the whirlwind has its power, and the… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
No arbitrary regulation, no act of the legislature, can add anything to the capital of the country; it can only force it into artificial… — John Ramsay McCulloch Copy Share Image
