What did Edmund Burke mean by: All the forces of darkness need to succeed … is for the people to do nothing. Edmund Burke Statesman · Ireland Copy
+ Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle. Author, December 14, 2023December 29, 2024, Edmund Burke, Power, Rebellion, Tyranny, 0 Edmund Burke Statesman · Ireland
+ All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is good men doing nothing. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Edmund Burke, Evil, Good, Inaction, 0 Edmund Burke Statesman · Ireland
+ There never was a bad man that had ability for good service. Author, September 26, 2023January 2, 2025, Edmund Burke, Character, Potential, Service, 0 Edmund Burke Statesman · Ireland
+ Facts are to the mind what food is to the body. Author, August 15, 2023January 2, 2025, Edmund Burke, Essential, Knowledge, Nourishment, 0 Edmund Burke Statesman · Ireland
+ Ambition can creep as well as soar. Author, September 22, 2023January 2, 2025, Edmund Burke, Ambition, Growth, Potential, 0 Edmund Burke Statesman · Ireland
+ Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Edmund Burke, Government, Injustice, Oppression, 0 Edmund Burke Statesman · Ireland
+ Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Edmund Burke, Justice, Liberty, Safety, 0 Edmund Burke Statesman · Ireland
+ The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Edmund Burke, Evil, Fate, Politics, 0 Edmund Burke Statesman · Ireland
If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
One is either judge or accused. The judge sits, the accused stands. Live on your feet. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
It is no more in our power to love always than it was not to love at all. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France