Government Quote by Edmund Burke

“No government ought to exist for the purpose of checking the prosperity of its people or to allow such a principle in its policy.” quote by Edmund Burke — Download Open image

“No government ought to exist for the purpose of checking the prosperity of its people or to allow such a principle in its policy.”

Edmund Burke

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It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.

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My vigour relents. I pardon something to the spirit of liberty.

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A speculative despair is unpardonable where it our duty to act.

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The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of thegreat.

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You can never plan the future by the past.

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