Edmund Burke Quotes

492 quotes · Philosopher, Politician

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Edmund Burke Quotes

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Edmund Burke

Philosopher, Politician

Angry

“He that accuses all mankind of corruption ought to remember that he is sure to convict only one.”

Remember Corruption Accusation

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Edmund Burke

Philosopher, Politician

Philosophical

“The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations.”

Risk Liberty Congratulations

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Philosophical

“Law and arbitrary power are at eternal enmity.”

Law Power

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Philosophical

“Gambling is a principle inherent in human nature.”

Principles Gambling

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Sad

“War never leaves where it found a nation.”

War Found Nations

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Philosophical

“In all forms of government the people is the true legislator.”

People Government

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Courageous

“Hypocrisy is no cheap vice; nor can our natural temper be masked for many years together.”

Years Together

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Courageous

“Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.”

Religious Atheism Zealous

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Philosophical

“Too much idleness, I have observed, fills up a man's time more completely and leaves him less his own master, than any sort of employment whatsoever”

Men Too Much Masters

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Philosophical

“Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.”

Heart Mind Tyrants

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Wise

“Parliament is a deliberate assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole; where, not local purpose, not local prejudices ought to guide but the general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole.”

Reason Purpose Prejudice

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Philosophical

“It is better to cherish virtue and humanity, by leaving much to free will, even with some loss of the object , than to attempt to make men mere machines and instruments of political benevolence. The world on the whole will gain by a liberty, without which virtue cannot exist.”

Men Political Loss

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