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  • Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.

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    'Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol' (1777) p. 71

  • It is better to cherish virtue and humanity, by leaving much to free will, even with some loss of the object , than to attempt to make men mere machines and instruments of political benevolence. The world on the whole will gain by a liberty, without which virtue cannot exist.

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    Edmund Burke (1999). “The Portable Edmund Burke”, p.433, Penguin

  • But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.

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    Edmund Burke (2005). “Burke, Select Works”, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
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Edmund Burke

  • Born: January 12, 1729
  • Died: July 9, 1797
  • Occupation: Statesman
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