Edmund Burke

A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

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

He that accuses all mankind of corruption ought to remember that he is sure to convict only one.

To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.

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

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.

The age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.

The very idea of the fabrication of a new government is enough to fill us with disgust and horror.

Hypocrisy, of course, delights in the most sublime speculations; for, never intending to go beyond speculation, it costs nothing to have it magnificent.

There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.

The public interest requires that the public should be well informed.

Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.

Novelty is not innovation.

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.