Edmund Burke ( 10 of 111 )
There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history
of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui read more
There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history
of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui Bono, from his
having first introduced into judicial proceedings the argument,
"What end or object could the party have had in the act with
which he is accused."
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.
To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.
Of this stamp is the cant of, not men, but measures.
Of this stamp is the cant of, not men, but measures.
Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart
Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart
Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.
Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.
Resolved to die in the last dyke of prevarication.
Resolved to die in the last dyke of prevarication.
It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary
ideas of criminal justice to this read more
It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary
ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not
know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole
people.
Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair
Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair
Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
