Edmund Burke
62 quotations
The yielding of the weak is the concession to fear.
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.
Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist.
The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
Custom reconciles us to everything.
Education is the cheap defence of nations.
Contempt is not a thing to be despised.
I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.
A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood.
The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedients, and by parts.
In all forms of government the people is the true legislator.