Edmund Burke
English politician and philosopher
Lived from: 1729 - 1797
Category: Politics | Philosophers Country: United Kingdom
Born: 12 january 1729 Died: 9 july 1797
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All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
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Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state.
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It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.
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Men have no right to put the well-being of the present generation wholly out of the question. Perhaps the only moral trust with any certainty in our hands is the care of our own time.
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.
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Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations - wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco.
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When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
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Young man, there is America, which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners.
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