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
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. – 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
There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. – Edmund Burke