A speculative despair is unpardonable where it our duty to act. Edmund Burke More Quotes by Edmund Burke More Quotes From Edmund Burke All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing as they must if they believe they can do nothing. There is nothing worse because the council of despair is declaration of irresponsibility; it is Pilate washing his hands. Edmund Burke menbelievehands We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature. Edmund Burke changeinspirationalfriendship Our patience will achieve more than our force. Edmund Burke virtuepatienceinspirational No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear. Edmund Burke successmotivationalinspirational The greatest sin is to do nothing because you can only do a little. Edmund Burke making-a-differencecharitylittles If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed. Edmund Burke greatest-wealthmoneyinspirational All men have equal rights, but not to equal things. Edmund Burke equalityrightsmen Evil prevails when good men fail to act. Edmund Burke good-manevilmen True religion is the foundation of society. When that is once shaken by contempt, the whole fabric cannot be stable nor lasting. Edmund Burke fabricfoundationreligion What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man. Edmund Burke unitygodmen Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites. Edmund Burke morallibertymen Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist. Edmund Burke politicallongpeople People must be taken as they are, and we should never try make them or ourselves better by quarreling with them. Edmund Burke takenrelationshippeople This sort of people are so taken up with their theories about the rights of man that they have totally forgotten his nature. Edmund Burke takenrightsmen The superfluities of a rich nation furnish a better object of trade than the necessities of a poor one. It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere. Edmund Burke richwealthworld He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. Edmund Burke educationinspirationallife There is nothing that God has judged good for us that He has not given us the means to accomplish, both in the natural and the moral world. Edmund Burke moralmeanworld In history, a great volume is unrolled for our instruction, drawing the materials of future wisdom from the past errors and infirmities of mankind. Edmund Burke errorswisdompast The most important of all revolutions, a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions. Edmund Burke revolutionopinionimportant Despots govern by terror. They know that he who fears God fears nothing else; and therefore they eradicate from the mind, through their Voltaire, their Helvetius, and the rest of that infamous gang, that only sort of fear which generates true courage. Edmund Burke ganginfamousmind
