Edmund Burke Quotes

Irish - Statesman | January 12, 1729 - July 9, 1797

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

Edmund Burke

SkillStrugglesUsHeAntagonist

The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

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JourneyTravelEndTravellerReached

You can never plan the future by the past.

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FuturePastPlanYouNever

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

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EducationEatingWithoutReflecting

Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.

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JusticeOpinionLibertySeparation

Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.

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GovernmentNothingOutUnjustFeeble

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

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AmbitionSoarWellCreep

The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.

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MindCuriosityEmotionHumanFirst

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

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SlaverySoilWeedGrowsEvery

The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations.

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LibertyCongratulationsWillSeeMay

People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law; and those who have most to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous.

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HopePowerPeopleLawLegalLose

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

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EducationCheapDefenseNations

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