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First Principles: The Only Thing Necessary For Evil To Triumph Is For Good Men To Do Nothing
“The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke
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Thought For the Day: It Is Not What A Lawyer Tells Me I May Do; But What Humanity, Reason, and Justice Tell Me I Ought To Do
“It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.” – Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
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First Principles: People Will Not Look Forward To Posterity, Who Never Look Backward To Their Ancestors
“People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.” – Edmund Burke, in Reflections on the Revolution in France
First Principles: There Is No Greater Mistake Than Doing Nothing Because Only Little Could Be Done
“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.” – Edmund Burke, statesman and writer (12 Jan 1729-1797)
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First Principles: Freedom, Not Servitude, Is the Cure For Anarchy; True Faith Is the Cure For Superstition
“Freedom and not servitude is the cure of anarchy; as religion, and not atheism, is the true remedy for superstition.” – Edmund Burke, Second Speech on Conciliation with America, The Thirteen Resolutions (3/22/1775)
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Edmund Burke – On Taste
Edmund Burke was born on January 12, 1729 Aloha Promises Forever has previously discussed the life and legacy of Edmund Burke elsewhere on our post pages. Please review these for a fuller background on this gentleman. The essay On Taste … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: The Loudest Voices For the Alleged Public Welfare Are Not Always The Truest
“It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.” — Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – On the Sublime and the Beautiful – Edmund Burke
The full title for Edmund Burke’s philosophical exposition on separating the beautiful and the sublime into separate categories is A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and the Beautiful. This major work was studied by … Continue reading
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Reflections On the Revolution In France – Edmund Burke
On July 14th, we first spoke on Reflections On the Revolution In France as a criticism of the outcomes of the French Revolution. This was fitting because that date is celebrated as Bastille Day. August 10th is the anniversary of the … Continue reading
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Reflections on the Revolution in France – Edmund Burke
In November, 1790, British statesman, Edmund Burke published a political pamphlet as an intellectual attack against the excesses of the French Revolution. This work is called Reflections On the Revolution In France. It remains as a defining tract of modern … Continue reading
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