Tag: Edmund Burke
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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.
Edmund Burke
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What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.
Edmund Burke
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If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.
Edmund Burke
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You can never plan the future by the past.
Edmund Burke
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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
Edmund Burke
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
Edmund Burke
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Laws, like houses, lean on one another.
Edmund Burke
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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
Edmund Burke
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Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
Edmund Burke
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To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
Edmund Burke