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Letter "E" » Edmund Burke Quotes
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«Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.»
«Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.»
«The 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.»
«Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have a right that these wants should be provided for by this wisdom.»
«The wisdom of our ancestors.»
«The only thing needed for evil to prosper is for good men to do nothing.»
«He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty helps us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.»
«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.»
«The yielding of the weak is the concession to fear.»
«Tyrants seldom want pretexts.»
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