Edmund Burke's Quote - All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every vi

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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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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

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Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting. – Edmund Burke

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Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference. – Edmund Burke

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