Edmund Burke
English politician and philosopher
Lived from: 1729 - 1797
Category: Politics | Philosophers Country: 
United Kingdom
Born: 12 january 1729 Died: 9 july 1797
Quotes 21 till 40 of 111.
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By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind.
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Custom reconciles us to everything.
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Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.
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Economy is based on the principle that all wealth has its limits.
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Education is the cheap defense of nations.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other
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Facts are to the mind what food is to the body.
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Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.
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Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.
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Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.
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Good order is the foundation of all good things.
Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)― Edmund Burke -
Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state.
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Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises; for never intending to go beyond promises; it costs nothing.
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I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business.
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I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.
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I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophists, economists and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is gone forever.
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If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived.
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If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
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