128 Quotations by Edmund Burke
- 21. By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
- 22. Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminati ...
- 23. Custom reconciles us to everything.
- 24. Dangers by being despised grow great.
- 25. Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.
- 26. Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
- 27. Falsehood is a perennial spring.
- 28. Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
- 29. Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.
- 30. Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.
- 31. Good order is the foundation of all things.
- 32. Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state.
- 33. He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoder ...
- 34. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helpe ...
- 35. Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises; for never intending to go beyond promises; i ...
- 36. I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much ...
- 37. I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.
- 38. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threa ...
- 39. If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be ...
- 40. If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
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