The best Quotes by Edmund Burke

The best Quotes by Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke (12 January 1729 – 9 July 1797) was an Irish statesman, economist, and philosopher.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.
Good order is the foundation of all things.
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

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Even a short stay in Dublin is like walking into literary history, accompanied by music.
My Dublin wasn't the Dublin of sing-songs, traditional music, sense of history and place and community.
I'm just a kid that defied the odds. I'm just a kid that ignored the doubt. I'm just a kid from a little place in Dublin, Ireland, that went all the way, and I'm going to continue to go all the way.
When I die, Dublin will be written in my heart.
Dublin is one of my favourite cities. It's an absolutely amazing place.
I've only been to Dublin once, and I had a great time. I got completely soaked because it was rainy.
They say money can't buy happiness. But it can book your flight to Dublin - which is kinda the same.
You can leave Dublin, but it will never leave you.
Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back!
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If citizens followed their leaders' example throughout history, the human race would have died out centuries ago.
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Until they became conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.
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To overthrow oppression has been sanctioned by humanity and is the highest aspiration of every free man.
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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
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You can destroy wood and brick, but you can't destroy a movement.
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The revolutions of the Arab Spring happened because people realized they were the power.
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Anything is possible if you got enough nerve.
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To me, the very definition of the word "broken" suggests that something can be fixed.
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Sometimes the right path is not the easiest one.
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Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.
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There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it.
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For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
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So much good, so much evil. Just add water.
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The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.
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People learn to love their chains.
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In the end, what seperates a man from a slave? Money? Power? No, a man chooses, a slave obeys.
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Colonialism is the cousin of slavery.
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Death is better than slavery.
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If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk sign?
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We're all seeking order. We're all seeking control.
Faced with chaos, the people will always choose order. No matter the cost.
My ambition is handicapped by laziness.
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There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.
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Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.
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Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today - for tomorrow's gonna be bad enough as it is.
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One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.
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