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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Frugality is founded on the principle that all riches have limits
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War never leaves where it found a nation.
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Abstract liberty, like other mere abstractions, is not to be found.
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True humility-the basis of the Christian system-is the low but deep and firm foundation of all virtues.
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True religion is the foundation of society. When that is once shaken by contempt, the whole fabric cannot be stable nor lasting.
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Good order is the foundation of all things.
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It is in the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere
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Good order is the foundation of all good things
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Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than be ruined by too confident a security
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A state without some means of change is without the means of its conservation
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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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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.