Quote by Edmund Burke
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. – Edmund Burke

Other quotes by Edmund Burke

Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling it never forgives preaching of a new gospel. – Edmund Burke

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Society
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Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations – wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco. – Edmund Burke

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Men
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But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint. – Edmund Burke

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Wisdom
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Other Quotes from
Freedom
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Freedom from care and anxiety of mind is a blessing, which I apprehend such people enjoy in higher perfection than most others, and is of the utmost consequence. – William Falconer

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Freedom

American movies and music deliver themes of freedom, innocence, and power that appeal to others – partly because America itself was put together out of a multiplicity of national traditions. – Todd Gitlin

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Freedom

I tasted freedom and I really liked it. – Phil Lynott

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Freedom

I want to have the freedom to do whatever I want. – Paul Walker

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Freedom

Random Quotes

I only make movies to finance my fishing. – Lee Marvin

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finance

When you raise taxes on small business, from 35% to 40%, you will kill jobs. – Mitt Romney

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Business

Hurry, conscious younger people! Get to power quickly so political decisions can be based on the greater good for all rather than the greater gain for few. Hurry, before it is too late! – Jane Siberry

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power

Higher than the question of our duration is the question of our deserving. Immortality will come to such as are fit for it, and he would be a great soul in future must be a great soul now. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Immortality