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Quote by Edmund Burke
They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritan

They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance. – Edmund Burke

Other quotes by Edmund Burke

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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Edmund Burke
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If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived. – Edmund Burke

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People
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In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid. – Simone de Beauvoir

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Stubbornness

Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing ones mind. – W. Somerset Maugham

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Stubbornness

Obstinacy is will asserting itself without being able to justify itself. It is persistence without a reasonable motive. It is the tenacity of self-love substituted for that of reason and conscience. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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Stubbornness

Stubbornness does have its helpful features. You always know what youre going to be thinking tomorrow. – Glen Beaman

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As long as I love Beauty I am young. – W. H. Davies

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We would not be interested in human beings if we did not have the hope of someday meeting someone worse off than ourselves. – Emile M. Cioran

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Hope

And let me make this very clear – unlike President Obama, I will not raise taxes on the middle class. As president, I will protect the sanctity of life. I will honor the institution of marriage. And I will guarantee Americas first liberty: the freedom of religion. – Mitt Romney

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The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes. – Kenneth Hildebrand

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Blame