Edmund Burke Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people.”

“Our patience will achieve more than our force.”

“Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.”

“To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.”

“Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.”

“There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations.”

“Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.”

“All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.”

“It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.”

“He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.”