12 Edmund Burke Quotes

Whatever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.

Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

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.

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

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.

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

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.

The weapons with which the ill dispositions of the world are to be combated are moderation, gentleness, a little indulgence of others, and a great distrust of ourselves.

Well is it known that ambition can creep as well as soar.