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
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It is in the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere
evil good man necessary
It is necessary only for the good man to do nothing for evil to triumph.
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
founded frugality limits principle riches
Frugality is founded on the principle that all riches have limits
ask free government people practical
If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that for any practical purpose, it is what the people think so.
evil good men needed prosper
The only thing needed for evil to prosper is for good men to do nothing.
heart keeps shame virtue whilst wholly
Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart
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Manners are of more importance than laws... Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in.
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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.
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.
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A nation without the means of reform is without the means of survival
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Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.