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• Religion, to have any force upon men's understandings,--indeed, to exist at all,--must be supposed paramount to law, and independent for its substance upon any human institution, else it would be the absurdest thing in the world,--an acknowledged cheat.

  Edmund Burke

  Independent, Men, Law

  Edmund Burke (1852). “The Works and Correspondence Of...Edmund Burke”, p.26

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• Freedom and not servitude is the cure of anarchy; as religion, and not atheism, is the true remedy of superstition.

  Edmund Burke

  Freedom, Atheism, Superstitions

  Speech 'On Conciliation with America' 22 March 1775

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• All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural propensities.

  Edmund Burke

  Failure, Destiny, Men

  'Letters on a Regicide Peace' Letter 1 (1796)

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• The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from an over-sensibilit y for ourselves and an over-indulgence to our own desires

  Edmund Burke

  Feelings, Desire, Want

  "Impact of a Father's Reflection". Book by Frank L. Day, p. 44, 2010.

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• Men have no right to what is not reasonable, and to what is not for their benefit.

  Edmund Burke

  Men, Benefits, Conservative

  Edmund Burke (1855). “The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke”, p.335

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• 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.

  Edmund Burke

  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

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• Ambition can creep as well as soar.

  Edmund Burke

  Business, Ambition, Creeps

  'Letters on a Regicide Peace' Letter 3 (1797)

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• 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.

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  Congratulations, Risk, Liberty

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

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• If the prudence of reserve and decorum dictates silence in some circumstances, in others prudence of a higher order may justify us in speaking our thoughts.

  Edmund Burke

  Order, Silence, May

  Edmund Burke (1912). “Reflections on the French Revolution”, p.9, CUP Archive

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• Economy is a distributive virtue, and consists not in saving but selection. Parsimony requires no providence, no sagacity, no powers of combination, no comparison, no judgment.

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  Saving, Judgment, Virtue

  Edmund Burke (1834). “The Beauties of Burke, Consisting of Selections from His Works”, p.59

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• In a free country every man thinks he has a concern in all public matters,--that he has a right to form and a right to deliver an opinion on them. This it is that fills countries with men of ability in all stations.

  Edmund Burke

  Country, Freedom, Men

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• The cause of a wrong taste is a defect of judgment.

  Edmund Burke

  Taste, Causes, Judgment

  Edmund Burke (1824). “A Philosophical Inquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful”, p.19

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• In on summer they have done their business... they have completely pulled down to the ground their monarchy, their church, their nobility, their law, their revenue, their army, their navy, their commerce, their arts, and their manufactures... destroyed all balances and counterpoises which serve to fix a state and give it steady direction, and then they melted down the whole into one incongrous mass of mob and democracy... the people, along with their political servitude, have thrown off the yoke of law and morals.

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  Summer, Art, Army

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• What is it we all seek for in an election? To answer its real purposes, you must first possess the means of knowing the fitness of your man; and then you must retain some hold upon him by personal obligation or dependence.

  Edmund Burke

  Real, Mean, Men

  Edmund Burke (1912). “Reflections on the French Revolution”, p.192, CUP Archive

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• I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one, in the real misfortunes and pain of others

  Edmund Burke

  Pain, Real, Degrees

  Edmund Burke (1792). “The works of ... Edmund Burke [ed. by W. King and F. Laurence].”, p.106

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• Genuine simplicity of heart is a healing and cementing principle.

  Edmund Burke

  Healing, Heart, Simplicity

  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.43

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• If we owned the property, we will be free and prosperous. If so they regain control, we will become poor

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  Poor, Ifs, Property

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• No men can act with effect who do not act in concert; no men can act in concert who do not act with confidence; no men can act with confidence who are not bound together with common opinions, common affections, and common interests.

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  Men, Together, Opinion

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• Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own.

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  Fire, Play, House

  'Reflections on the Revolution in France' (1790) p. 10

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• The grave is a common treasury, to which we must all be taken.

  Edmund Burke

  Taken, Common, Graves

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• Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state.

  Edmund Burke

  Greatness, Men, States

  Edmund Burke (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Edmund Burke (Illustrated)”, p.2433, Delphi Classics

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• The true way to mourn the dead is to take care of the living who belong to them.

  Edmund Burke

  Mourning, Care, Way

  Edmund Burke “The Correspondence of Edmund Burke”, CUP Archive

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• The great Error of our Nature is, not to know where to stop, not to be satisfied with any reasonable Acquirement; not to compound with our Condition; but to lose all we have gained by an insatiable Pursuit after more.

  Edmund Burke

  Errors, Conservative, Pursuit

  Edmund Burke (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Edmund Burke (Illustrated)”, p.23, Delphi Classics

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• One source of the sublime is infinity.

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  Sublime, Infinity, Source

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• If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived.

  Edmund Burke

  Powerful, People, Be Good

  Edmund Burke (1852). “The Works and Correspondance of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke”, p.292

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