Edmund Burke

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

In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature. ”

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety. ”

There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations. ”

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact. ”

Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty. ”

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

A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation. ”

Education is the cheap defense of nations. ”

The march of the human mind is slow. ”