Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist. Edmund Burke on freedom
The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time. Edmund Burke on grief
The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blanches, the thought that never wanders, the purpose that never wavers - these are the masters of victory. Edmund Burke on perseverance
It is hard to say whether the doctors of law or divinity have made the greater advances in the lucrative business of mystery. Edmund Burke on religion
Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference, which is, at least, half infidelity. Edmund Burke on religion