Quote by Edmund Burke
Spain: A whale stranded upon the coast of Europe. - Edmund Burke

Spain: A whale stranded upon the coast of Europe. – Edmund Burke

Other quotes by Edmund Burke

There is a boundary to mens passions when they act from feelings but none when they are under the influence of imagination. – Edmund Burke

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Imagination
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Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add to the old. – Edmund Burke

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Taxation
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To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men. – Edmund Burke

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Men
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We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation. – Dean Acheson

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We are free, truly free, when we don’t need to rent our arms to anybody in order to be able to lift a piece of bread to our mouths. – Ricardo Flores Magon, speech, 1914 May 31st

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There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry. – Rita Dove

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Ill keep peace at all cost, even if I choke to death on my tongue. – Paula Deen

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