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==Quotations==
==Quotations==
*Edmund Burke's most famous quote is this: "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
*"The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts."
*"The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion."
*"The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts."
*"Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government."
*"It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare."
Burke's "A Letter to a Member of the National Assembly," (1791) included the following:
Burke's "A Letter to a Member of the National Assembly," (1791) included the following:
:It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of
:It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of
:intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters."
:intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters."
==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==