The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of the great. – Edmund Burke
A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation. – 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
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. – Edmund Burke