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Edmund Burke Quotes about Liberty

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Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.

Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.

Liberty, Doe, Morality

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.

Wisdom, Evil, Liberty

Edmund Burke (2005). “Burke, Select Works”, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

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

Errors, Liberty, Grumbling

'Observations on...the Present State of the Nation' (1769)

The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.

Liberty, Libertarian, Internet

Edmund Burke (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Edmund Burke (Illustrated)”, p.3631, Delphi Classics

Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites.

Men, Liberty, Moral

Edmund Burke (1828). “The Beauties of Burke: Consisting of Selections from His Works”, p.86

Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.

Freedom, Justice, Liberty

Edmund Burke (1999). “The Portable Edmund Burke”, p.503, Penguin

The distinguishing part of our constitution is its liberty. To preserve that liberty inviolate, is the peculiar duty and proper trust of a member of the house of commons. But the liberty, the only liberty I mean, is a liberty connected with order, and that not only exists with order and virtue, but cannot exist at all without them. It inheres in good and steady government, as in its substance and vital principle.

Order, Government, Liberty

"The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir, in Three Volumes".

That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors, is to keep the Spirit of Liberty constantly awake, is an undeniable truth

People, Liberty, Spirit

Edmund Burke, Arthur P.I. Samuels (2014). “The Early Life Correspondence and Writings of The Rt. Hon. Edmund Burke”, p.338, Cambridge University Press

Liberty, without wisdom, is license.

Wisdom, Liberty, License

The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations.

Congratulations, Risk, Liberty

Edmund Burke (1999). “The Portable Edmund Burke”, p.396, Penguin

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

Order, Liberty, Possessed

'Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol' (1777) p. 55

Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without.

Society, Liberty, Appetite

Edmund Burke (1791). “A Letter from Mr. Burke, to a Member of the National Assembly: In Answer to Some Objections to His Book on French Affairs”, p.69

We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation.

Judging, Liberty, Civil Rights

Edmund Burke (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Edmund Burke (Illustrated)”, p.3831, Delphi Classics

Abstract liberty, like other mere abstractions, is not to be found.

Liberty, Abstract, Found

Speech 'On Conciliation with America' 22 March 1775

My vigour relents. I pardon something to the spirit of liberty.

Liberty, Spirit, Pardon

Edmund Burke (1948). “Selected Prose”

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