Edmund Burke

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

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

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

A woman is but an animal, and an animal not of the highest order.

Adversity is a severe instructor, set over us by one who knows us better than we do ourselves, as he loves us better too. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill.

A nation without the means of reform is without means of survival.

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

Superstition is a religion of feeble minds.

The march of the human mind is slow.

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.

When bad men combine, the good must associate else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.

The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedients, and by parts.

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.