Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | | NUMBER: | 1053 | AUTHOR: | Edmund Burke (172997) | QUOTATION: | The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedients, and by parts. | ATTRIBUTION: | EDMUND BURKE, letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol, April 3, 1777.The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, vol. 2, p. 199 (1899). | SUBJECTS: | Liberty | |
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