Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke
Edmund Burkewas an Irish statesman born in Dublin, as well as an author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher who, after moving to London, served as a member of parliamentfor many years in the House of Commons with the Whig Party...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 January 1729
CountryIreland
may virtue wells
If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.
world vex arise
A very great part of the mischiefs that vex the world arises from words.
perfect democracy world
A perfect democracy is therefore the most shameless thing in the world.
careful against-religion
The writers against religion, whilst they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set up any of their own.
compassion tolerance toleration
Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
weakness weak weakness-and-fear
The concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear.
greatness men states
Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state.
wisdom nature health
Never, no never, did Nature say one thing, and wisdom another.
ambition shining sun
The same sun which gilds all nature, and exhilarates the whole creation, does not shine upon disappointed ambition.
art military eye
In the weakness of one kind of authority, and in the fluctuation of all, the officers of an army will remain for some time mutinous and full of faction, until some popular general, who understands the art of conciliating the soldiery, and who possesses the true spirit of command, shall draw the eyes of all men upon himself. Armies will obey him on his personal account. There is no other way of securing military obedience in this state of things.
art perfection society
Society is indeed a contract. It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.
men organization rights
The moment you abate anything from the full rights of men to each govern himself, and suffer any artificial positive limitation upon those rights, from that moment the whole organization of government becomes a consideration of convenience.
christian humility foundation
True humility-the basis of the Christian system-is the low but deep and firm foundation of all virtues.
water smooth colorless
Water is insipid, inodorous, colorless and smooth.