Edmund Burke

By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

As a young boy, I did a lot of foolish things. I made a lot of mistakes. And you live and learn.

To show a 'well-founded fear of persecution', an alien need not prove that it is more likely than not that he or she will be persecuted in his or her home country.

Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come Again in this identical guise.