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

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

Edmund Burke
Inspirational, Wisdom, Witty

By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

Edmund Burke
Inspirational, Perseverance, May

No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.

Edmund Burke
Inspirational, Motivational, Success
'On the Sublime and Beautiful' (1757) pt. 2, sect. 2

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

Edmund Burke
Inspirational, Friendship, Change
Edmund Burke (1963). “Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and Speeches”, p.316, Transaction Publishers

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

Edmund Burke
Inspirational, Mind, Religion
Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

Edmund Burke
Inspirational, Family, Memories
Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Edmund Burke
Inspirational, Patience, Virtue
'Reflections on the Revolution in France' (1790) p. 249

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.

Edmund Burke
Inspirational, Life, Art

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

Edmund Burke
Inspirational, Life, Education
Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)

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

Edmund Burke
Inspirational, Money, Greatest Wealth
Edmund Burke (1826). “The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke”, p.305

The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again; and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.

Edmund Burke
Inspirational, Government, Doe
Speech 'On Conciliation with America' 22 March 1775

As the rose-tree is composed of the sweetest flowers and the sharpest thorns, as the heavens are sometimes overcast—alternately tempestuous and serene—so is the life of man intermingled with hopes and fears, with joys and sorrows, with pleasure and pain.

Edmund Burke
Inspirational, Pain, Flower

[Slavery] is a weed that grows in every soil.

Edmund Burke
Inspirational, Weed, Marijuana
"The Works of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke: With a Biographical and Critical Introduction, and Portrait After Sir Joshua Reynolds".

The most favourable laws can do very little towards the happiness of people when the disposition of the ruling power is adverse to them.

Edmund Burke
Inspirational, Law, People
Edmund Burke (1852). “The Works and Correspondence Of...Edmund Burke”, p.73

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