Edmund Burke

“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.”

“Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.”

“Good order is the foundation of all things.”

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

“The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.”

“He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.”

“Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.”

“The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.”

“Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty.”

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

“Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.”

“If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.”

“Our patience will achieve more than our force.”

“Facts are to the mind what food is to the body.”

“It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.”

“If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.”

“Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.”

“Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.”

“Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind.”

“The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.”