It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.
Edmund BurkeTag: freedom character discipline
Well is it known that ambition can creep as well as soar.
Edmund BurkeNobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
Edmund BurkeTag: inspirational incrementalism
People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors.
Edmund BurkeThe true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
Edmund BurkeThe use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again; and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.
Edmund BurkeIt is a general popular error to imagine the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
Edmund BurkeNo power so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
Edmund BurkeTag: fear
A kind Providence has placed in our breasts a hatred of the unjust and cruel, in order that we may preserve ourselves from cruelty and injustice. They who bear cruelty, are accomplices in it. The pretended gentleness which excludes that charitable rancour, produces an indifference which is half an approbation. They never will love where they ought to love, who do not hate where they ought to hate.
Edmund BurkeThey never will love where they ought to love, who do not hate where they ought to hate.
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