Man acts from adequate motives relative to his interest, and not on metaphysical speculations
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Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.Edmund Burke
We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
Edmund Burke
My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron.
Edmund Burke
Through a wise and salutary neglect, a generous nature has been suffered to take her own way to perfection.
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Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.
Edmund Burke
Liberty, too, must be limited in order to be possessed.
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