All Edmund Burke Quotes
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.
Edmund Burke
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He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
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But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
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Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.
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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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Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.
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He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
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