Edmund Burke – Quotes Crazy

The yielding of the weak is the concession to fear. – Edmund Burke

A nation is not conquered which is perpetually to be conquered. – Edmund Burke

Spain: A whale stranded upon the coast of Europe. – Edmund Burke

Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist. – Edmund Burke

Whenever our neighbors house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own. – Edmund Burke

When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people. – Edmund Burke

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty helps us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial. – Edmund Burke

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

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare. – Edmund Burke

Good order is the foundation of all great things. – Edmund Burke

In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows. – Edmund Burke

And having looked to government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them. To avoid that evil, government will redouble the causes of it; and then it will become inveterate and incurable. – Edmund Burke

Restraint and discipline and examples of virtue and justice. These are the things that form the education of the world. – Edmund Burke

When ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated. From that moment, we have no compass to govern us, nor can we know distinctly to what port to steer. – Edmund Burke

The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny. – Edmund Burke

Tyrants seldom want pretexts. – Edmund Burke

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

An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent. – Edmund Burke

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants. – Edmund Burke

Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits. – Edmund Burke