No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. -Edmund Burke

 

No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.


-Edmund Burke
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This quote is just one of 31 total Edmund Burke quotes in our collection. Edmund Burke is known for saying 'No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.' as well as some of the following quotes.

Better be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too confident security.

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Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair.

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He who wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. -Edmund Burke
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All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.

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In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

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Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. -Edmund Burke
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Society is indeed a contract. It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.

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