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Letter "E" » Edmund Burke Quotes
«Not merely a chip off the old `block', but the old block itself.»
«I have in general no very exalted opinion of the virtue of paper government.»
«Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.»
«Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.»
«He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls.»
«In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature.»
«It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.»
«Somebody has said, that a king may make a nobleman, but he cannot make a gentleman.»
«People must be taken as they are, and we should never try make them or ourselves better by quarreling with them.»
«There is but one law for all, namely, that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature, and of nations.»
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