Edmund Burke Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Edmund Burke quotes, Edmund Burke sayings, and Edmund Burke proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

The grand instructor, time. Edmund Burke
The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth. Edmund Burke
You can never plan the future by the past. Edmund Burke
Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting. Edmund Burke
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little. Edmund Burke
Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it. Edmund Burke
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. Edmund Burke
Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting. Edmund Burke
The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of the great. Edmund Burke
Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state. Edmund Burke
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke
Water is insipid, inodorous, colorless and smooth. Edmund Burke
To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely. Edmund Burke
A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. Edmund Burke
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Edmund Burke
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvellous structure of reality. Edmund Burke
The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity. Edmund Burke
Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none. Edmund Burke
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. Edmund Burke
The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth. Edmund Burke
Genuine simplicity of heart is a healing and cementing principle. Edmund Burke
It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare. Edmund Burke
Guilt was never a rational thing; it distorts all the faculties of the human mind, it perverts them, it leaves a man no longer in the free use of his reason, it puts him into confusion. Edmund Burke
The most important of all revolutions, a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions. Edmund Burke
The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity. Edmund Burke
But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint. Edmund Burke
Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil. Edmund Burke
Slavery is a state so improper, so degrading, and so ruinous to the feelings and capacities of human nature, that it ought not to be suffered to exist. Edmund Burke
Death is natural to a man, but slavery unnatural; and the moment you strip a man of his liberty you strip him of all his virtues: you convert his heart into a dark hole, in which all the vices conspire against you. Edmund Burke
People must be taken as they are, and we should never try make them or ourselves better by quarreling with them. Edmund Burke