Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel. – Edmund Burke
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. – Edmund Burke
People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law; and those who have most to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous. – Edmund Burke
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. – Edmund Burke
It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs. – Edmund Burke
Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety. – Edmund Burke
All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. – Edmund Burke
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. – Edmund Burke
It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare. – Edmund Burke
Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy. – Edmund Burke
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed. – Edmund Burke
The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time. – Edmund Burke
Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion. – Edmund Burke
