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
wisdom ancestor
The wisdom of our ancestors.
wisdom mind stronger
The more accurately we search into the human mind, the stronger traces we everywhere find of the wisdom of Him who made it.
wisdom instructors
The grand instructor, time.
wisdom may wells
In such a strait the wisest may well be perplexed and the boldest staggered.
wisdom nature health
Never, no never, did Nature say one thing, and wisdom another.
wise wisdom art
Thank God, men that art greatly guilty are never wise.
wisdom believe men
There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men.
wisdom equality law
There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations.
wisdom giving-up freedom
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
wisdom evil liberty
But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.
wisdom historical conservative
Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.
inspirational wisdom witty
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
criterion infallible judgments success vulgar wisdom
The only infallible criterion of wisdom to vulgar judgments - success
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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.