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Quotes by Edmund Burke

A representative owes the People not only his industry, but his judgment, and he betrays them if he sacrifices it to their opinion.

Edmund Burke : British statesman
Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
Source: Quoted in the musical stage play 1776, Peter Stone & Sherman Edwards, 1964
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Edmund Burke : British statesman
Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
 
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All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing

Edmund Burke : British statesman
Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
 
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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.

Edmund Burke : British statesman
Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
 
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All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is that good men do nothing

Edmund Burke : British statesman
Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
 
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For the triumph of evil the only thing necessary is for good men to do nothing.

Edmund Burke : British statesman
Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
 
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Education is the cheap defense of nations.

Edmund Burke : British statesman
Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
 
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The more accurately we search into the human mind, the stronger traces we everywhere find of the wisdom of Him who made it.

Edmund Burke : British statesman
Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
 
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Edmund Burke : British statesman
Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
Source: When asked what he thought of Western civilization
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Never, no, never, did Nature say one thing and Wisdom say another.

Edmund Burke : British statesman
Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
Source: Letters on a Regicide Peace
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