quotes by Edmund Burke

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
— Edmund Burke

"Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one."
— Edmund Burke

""Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.""
— Edmund Burke

"All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing."
— Edmund Burke

"Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair."
— Edmund Burke

""If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.""
— Edmund Burke

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing. "
— Edmund Burke

"Our patience will achive more than our force."
— Edmund Burke

"I have not yet lost a feeling of wonder, and of delight, that the delicate motion should reside in all the things around us, revealing itself only to him who looks for it."
— Edmund Burke

"It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters."
— Edmund Burke (Reflections On The Revolution In France)

"There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination."
— Edmund Burke

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

"He that wrestles with us strenghtens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper."
— Edmund Burke

"All goverments-indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act-is founded on compromise and barter"
— Edmund Burke

""Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.""
— Edmund Burke

"The laws of morality are the same everywhere. "
— Edmund Burke