Edmund Burke Quotes

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  • It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.Upload to Facebook
    It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.
    ~ Edmund Burke
    Justice / Inspirational   
  • The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.Upload to Facebook
    The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
    ~ Edmund Burke
    Power   
  • Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.Upload to Facebook
    Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
    ~ Edmund Burke
    Mistakes   
  • The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.Upload to Facebook
    The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
    ~ Edmund Burke
    Miscellaneous   
  • Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.Upload to Facebook
    Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
    ~ Edmund Burke
    Mistakes   
  • Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without.Upload to Facebook
    Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without.
    ~ Edmund Burke
    Society / Logic   
  • Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.Upload to Facebook
    Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
    ~ Edmund Burke
    Learning / Knowledge   
  • You can never plan the future by the past.Upload to Facebook
    You can never plan the future by the past.
    ~ Edmund Burke
    Wisdom   
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