“Slavery they can have anywhere. It is a weed that grows in every soil.”
More from Edmund Burke
“Falsehood and delusion are allowed in no case whatever: But, as in the exercise of all the…”
“A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.”
“Abstract liberty, like other mere abstractions, is not to be found.”
“The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not…”