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• Of this stamp is the cant of, Not men, but measures.
  -- Edmund Burke (1729-1797) -- Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontent, Vol. i, p. 531...
• In such a strait the wisest may well be perplexed and the boldest staggered.
  -- Edmund Burke (1729-1797) -- Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontent, Vol. i, p. 516...
• There is, however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
  -- Edmund Burke (1729-1797) -- Observations on Late Publication on the Present State of the Nation, -- Vol....
• The men of England,--the men, I mean, of light and leading in England.
  -- Edmund Burke (1729-1797) -- Reflections on the Revolution in France, Vol. iii, p. 365...
• I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one, in the real misfortunes and pains of others.
  -- Edmund Burke (1729-1797) -- On the Sublime and Beautiful, Sect. xiv, Vol. i, p. 118...
• The wisdom of our ancestors. -- Edmund Burke (1729-1797) -- Observations on Late Publication on the Present State of the Nation, -- Vol.
  i, p. 516, Also in the Discussion on the Traitorous Correspondence -- Bill, 1793...
• There never was a bad man that had ability for good service.
  -- Edmund Burke (1729-1797) -- Reflections on the Revolution in France, -- Speech in opening the Impeachment of Warren Hastings, Third Day, -- Vol....
• All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural propensities.
  -- Edmund Burke (1729-1797) -- Reflections on the Revolution in France, -- Letter i, On a Regicide Peace, Vol....
• Custom reconciles us to everything. -- Edmund Burke (1729-1797) -- On the Sublime and Beautiful, Sect.
  xviii, Vol. i, p. 231...