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
god man whatever
Whatever disunites man from God disunites man from man
ceases limit virtue
There is, however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue
becomes cannot ends indeed obtained 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.
government human men provide provided wants wisdom
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have a right that these wants should be provided for by this wisdom.
antagonist compels conflict consider difficulty helps intimate suffer
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty helps us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.
foundation good order
Good order is the foundation of all good things
case sort taught treason
I know that many have been taught to think that moderation, in a case like this, is a sort of treason
multitude tyranny
The tyranny of the multitude is a multiplied tyranny
dip gentle human milk pens
These gentle historians, on the contrary, dip their pens in nothing but the milk of human kindness.
fits handle
Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.
crushed enemies hope laws legal lose people power
People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law; and those who have most to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous.
conscience gain good needs people remain
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
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The little, meagre, shrivelled, hopping, though loud and troublesome insects of the hour.
means nation reform survival
A nation without the means of reform is without the means of survival