Irish - Statesman | January 12, 1729 - July 9, 1797
Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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.
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When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people.
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One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
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Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
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Beauty is the promise of happiness.
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Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
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By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
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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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It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
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A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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