“Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.”
Great
“Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.”
PoliticsAll Quotes by Edmund Burke
“Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.”
Good“Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.”
Great“The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.”
Age“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.”
Men“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
Good“All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory they have no power over the substance of original justice.”
Power“The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.”
Power“Beauty is the promise of happiness.”
Beauty“It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.”
Men“Education is the cheap defense of nations.”
Education“You can never plan the future by the past.”
Future“I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business.”
Business“When bad men combine, the good must associate else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.”
Good“Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society.”
Society“Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.”
Great“I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.”
War“If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.”
Health“To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.”
Men“Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.”
Work