Contempt is not a thing to be despised. Edmund Burke More Quotes by Edmund Burke More Quotes From Edmund Burke Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises; for never intending to go beyond promises; it costs nothing. Edmund Burke It is by imitation, far more than by precept, that we learn everything; and what we learn thus, we acquire not only more efficiently, but more pleasantly. This forms our manners, our opinions, our lives. Edmund Burke The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedients, and by parts. 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 power hope law people All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. Edmund Burke gain good silent conscience people
