Quote by Edmund Burke
All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every vi

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. – Edmund Burke

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Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation. – Edmund Burke

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

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Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint. – Alexander Hamilton

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If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government. – Barry Goldwater

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The answer for healthcare is market incentives, not healthcare by a Godzilla-sized government bureaucracy. – Mitt Romney

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Its very difficult for the American people to believe that our government, one of the richest on Earth, is also one of the stingiest on Earth. – Jimmy Carter

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Will cannot be quenched against its will. – Dante Alighieri

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Its a miserable life in Hollywood. Youre up at five or six oclock in the morning to be ready to start shooting at nine. – William Wyler

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It is not white hair that engenders wisdom. – Menander

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