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  • The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

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  • Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without.

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    Edmund Burke (1791). “A Letter from Mr. Burke, to a Member of the National Assembly: In Answer to Some Objections to His Book on French Affairs”, p.69

  • Society is indeed a contract. It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.

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    Edmund Burke (1860). “The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir”, p.498

  • Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society.

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    'Reflections on the Revolution in France' (1790) p. 205

  • Society is indeed a contract. ... It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection.

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    Edmund Burke (1860). “The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir”, p.498

  • Tell me what are the prevailing sentiments that occupy the minds of your young peoples, and I will tell you what is to be the character of the next generation.

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Edmund Burke

  • Born: January 12, 1729
  • Died: July 9, 1797
  • Occupation: Statesman
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