| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 1053 |
| AUTHOR: | Edmund Burke (1729–97) |
| 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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