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
war total-war
Wars are just to those to whom they are necessary.
law justice judging
All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice.
conquer conquering-fear
When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
inspiring sad perseverance
Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
inspirational motivational success
No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
motivational running cheer
Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.
saving virtue economy
Economy is a distributive virtue, and consists not in saving but in selection.
change mean diversity
A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
stupid essence law
The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
errors liberty inheritance
They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.
hands bites ingratitude
We set ourselves to bite the hand that feeds us.
political firsts directors
Prudence is not only the first in rank of the virtues political and moral, but she is the director and regulator, the standard of them all.
character passion men
It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.
men duty extremes
Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told their duty.