Edmund Burke Quote

He who fights against us strengthens our nerves and perfects our ability.

For evil to triumph, it is only necessary for good people to do nothing.

Edmund Burke

The people never relinquish their freedoms except under the deception of an illusion.

Edmund Burke

You can never plan the future through the past.

Edmund Burke

To be pleasing when taxes are collected and to be wise when one loves are virtues that have not been granted to men.

Edmund Burke

Superstition is the religion of weak minds.

Edmund Burke

There is a limit to the extent of which tolerance ceases to be a virtue.

Edmund Burke

The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.

Edmund Burke

Human society constitutes an association of the sciences, the arts, virtues, and perfections. Since its ends cannot be achieved in many generations, not only the living participate in this association, but also the dead and those yet to be born.

Edmund Burke

The people who never care about their ancestors will never look towards posterity.

Edmund Burke

Abstract freedom, like other simple abstractions, cannot be found.

Edmund Burke

Favoritism burdens us more heavily than many millions of debt.

Edmund Burke