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
beat clean glad good nervous next quality run smart took year
I did my best. I was nervous and I just took off too fast. I didn't run a smart race. I just didn't have enough at the end. I can come back next year with a clean slate. I was glad to be beat by some good quality runners. I'll be back.
bad good men sacrifice struggle
When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle
good-friend men self
My good friends, while I do most earnestly recommend you to take care of your health and safety, as things most precious to us, I would not have that care degenerate into an effeminate and over-curious attention, which is always disgraceful to a man's self, and often troublesome to others.
men evil good-man
Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
men evil good-man
Evil succeeds when good men do nothing
evil enemy good-and-evil
One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
powerful people be-good
If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived.
friendship mind good-company
Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.
men ability good-service
There never was a bad man that had ability for good service.
wise encouragement good-man
The esteem of wise and good men is the greatest of all temporal encouragements to virtue; and it is a mark of an abandoned spirit to have no regard to it.
men evil good-man
All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is good men doing nothing.
arises good mischief words
A very good part of the mischief that vex the world arises from words
evil good man necessary
It is necessary only for the good man to do nothing for evil to triumph.
evil good men needed prosper
The only thing needed for evil to prosper is for good men to do nothing.