Wednesday 24 July 2013

Edmund Burke Quotes




Some words of wisdom which can help us in these times - SERIOUSLY!!!

EDMUND BURKE QUOTES:

Edmund Burke (1729 – 1797) was an Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher, who, after moving to England, served for many years in the House of Commons of Great Britain as a member of the Whig party.

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
-     Edmund Burke

No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
-     Edmund Burke

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
-     Edmund Burke

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
-     Edmund Burke

Better be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too confident security.
-     Edmund Burke

What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.
-     Edmund Burke

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.
-     Edmund Burke

If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.
-     Edmund Burke

No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
-     Edmund Burke

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.
-     Edmund Burke

Good order is the foundation of all things.
-     Edmund Burke, 'Reflections on the Revolution in France,' 1790

He who wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
-     Edmund Burke

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
-     Edmund Burke

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.
-     Edmund Burke

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
-     Edmund Burke

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
-     Edmund Burke

The most important of all revolutions, a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions.
-     Edmund Burke

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.
-     Edmund Burke

Education is the cheap defense of nations.
-     Edmund Burke

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
-     Edmund Burke

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
-     Edmund Burke

1 comment:

  1. "Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all."- Edmund Burke. Personally I like this quote. Thanks for sharing like this post.

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