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Edmund Burke Quotes: The people of England well know that the idea of inheritance furnishes a sure principle of conservation and a sure principle of transmission, without at all excluding a principle of improvement.
         

The people of England well know that the idea of inheritance furnishes a sure principle of conservation and a sure principle of transmission, without at all excluding a principle of improvement.


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



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



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Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.



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The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.



Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.



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

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



It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.



When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.



Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.



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