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

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When ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated. From that moment, we have no compass to govern us, nor can we know distinctly to what port to steer. – Edmund Burke

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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little. – Edmund Burke

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Other Quotes from
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Stubborness we deprecate,
Firmness we condone,
The former is our neighbors trait,
The latter is our own. – John Wooden

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Obstinate people can be divded into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish. – Aristotle

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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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Who is so deaf or so blind as he that willfully will neither hear nor see? – English Proverb

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