Irish - Statesman | January 12, 1729 - July 9, 1797
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Edmund Burke
GoodMenEvilNothingTriumphOnly
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
GoodPeopleTyrannySilentGain
Our patience will achieve more than our force.
PatienceAchieveWillMoreForce
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
LifeMistakeNobodyNothingLittle
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
PowerDangerousMoreAbuseGreater
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.
NatureJusticeLawLegalHumanity
Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.
LimitsPrincipalRichesFrugality
It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.
JusticeMeLawyerLegalHumanity
Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
FlatteryCorruptsGiverReceiver
People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
PeopleForwardLookWillNeverWho
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
ReligionMindsSuperstitionFeeble
Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.
PromisesHypocrisyGoNothingNever
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