Edmund Burke Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.”

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

“Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.”

“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.”

“Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.”

“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.”

“If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.”

“Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.”

“Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations - wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco.”

“Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.”