Edmund Burke

It is not what a lawyer tells me
I may do; but what humanity,
reason, and justice tell me I ought
to do.

Edmund Burke

The age of chivalry is gone.  That
of sophisters, economists and
calculators has succeeded.

Edmund Burke

Poetry is the art of substantiating
shadows.

Edmund Burke

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

Edmund Burke

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

Edmund Burke

My good friends, while I do most
earnestly recommend you to take
care of your health and safety, as
things most precious to us, I would
not have that care degenerate into
an effeminate and over-curious
attention, which is always
disgraceful to a man's self, and
often troublesome to others.

Edmund Burke

The people never give up their
liberties but under some delusion.

Edmund Burke

To read without reflecting is like
eating without digesting.

Edmund Burke

Nobody made a greater mistake than
he who did nothing because he could
only do a little.

Edmund Burke

Bad laws are the worst sort of
tyranny.

Edmund Burke