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
military war mean
"War," says Machiavelli, "ought to be the only study of a prince;" and by a prince he means every sort of state, however constituted. "He ought," says this great political doctor, "to consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes ability to execute military plans. "A meditation on the conduct of political societies made old Hobbes imagine that war was the state of nature.
inspirational law people
The most favourable laws can do very little towards the happiness of people when the disposition of the ruling power is adverse to them.
statistics events impossible
An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.
wisdom instructors
The grand instructor, time.
eye leader curiosity
But whoever is a genuine follower of Truth, keeps his eye steady upon his guide, indifferent whither he is led, provided that she is the leader.
leadership mean men
The men of England,- the men, I mean, of light and leading in England.
country men may
I cannot conceive how any man can have brought himself to that pitch of presumption, to consider his country as nothing but carte blanche, upon which he may scribble whatever he pleases.
real mean men
What is it we all seek for in an election? To answer its real purposes, you must first possess the means of knowing the fitness of your man; and then you must retain some hold upon him by personal obligation or dependence.
thinking government judging
If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that, for any practical purpose, it is what the people think so,and that they, and not I, are the natural, lawful, and competent judges of this matter.
war found nations
War never leaves where it found a nation.
adversity calamity
Public calamity is a mighty leveller.
prejudice ends gallows
In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows.
nations
A nation is not conquered which is perpetually to be conquered.
europe whales spain
Spain: A whale stranded upon the coast of Europe.