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Religion is the basis of civil society, and the source of all good and of all comfort.

Religion is the basis of civil society, and the source of all good and of all comfort.

Edmund Burke
Religion, Comfort, Source
Edmund Burke (1963). “Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and Speeches”, p.560, Transaction Publishers

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

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

True religion is the foundation of society. When that is once shaken by contempt, the whole fabric cannot be stable nor lasting.

Edmund Burke
Religion, Foundation, Fabric

The writers against religion, whilst they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set up any of their own.

Edmund Burke
Religion, Careful, Against Religion
Edmund Burke (1792). “The works of ... Edmund Burke [ed. by W. King and F. Laurence].”, p.7

The body of all true religion consists, to be sure, in obedience to the will of the Sovereign of the world, in a confidence in His declarations, and in imitation of His perfections.

Edmund Burke
Perfection, Religion, World
Edmund Burke, Robert MONTGOMERY (Author of “Satan.”.) (1853). “Edmund Burke: being first principles selected from his writings. With an introductory essay by Robert Montgomery”, p.232

The religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principles of resistance: it is the dissidence of dissent, and the protestantism of the Protestant religion.

Edmund Burke
Religion, Principles, Resistance
Speech 'On Conciliation with America' 22 March 1775

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