Quote by Edmund Burke
It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers f

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

Other quotes by 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

Category:
Caution
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It is hard to say whether doctors of law or divinity have made the greater advances in the lucrative business of mystery. – Edmund Burke

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Justice & Law
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I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people. – Edmund Burke

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War
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Other Quotes from
Pessimism
category

If you pray for rain, dont be surprised if youre struck by lightning. – Damien Cannon

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Pessimism

I dont believe in pessimism. If something doesnt come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think its going to rain, it will. – Clint Eastwood

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Pessimism

One chops the wood, the other does the grunting. – Yiddish Proverb

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Pessimism

Optimism doesnt wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time. – Norman Cousins

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Pessimism

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Because we have so much eye candy and mind candy, spending so much time trying to pay the rent, all of this conspires to keep us from thinking too hard or taking action from that. Our time is stolen. So much of our daily life is stolen. – Lydia Lunch

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We are all gifted, but we have to discover the gift, uncover the gift, nurture and develop the gift and use it for the Glory of God and for the liberation struggle of our people. – Louis Farrakhan

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Time has been transformed, and we have changed it has advanced and set us in motion it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration. – Khalil Gibran

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As the first Hispanic female governor in history, little girls often come up to me in the grocery store or the mall. They look and point, and when they get the courage, they ask Are you Susana? and they run up and give me a hug. – Susana Martinez

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