Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke was an Irish political philosopher, Whig politician, and statesman; he is regarded by many as the "father" of modern conservatism.
Found 46 thoughts of Edmund Burke
It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.
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Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
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It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.
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Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgement; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
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A man who works beyond the surface of things,though he may be wrong himself, yet he clears the way for others and may make even his errors subservient to the cause of truth.
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If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived.
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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
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What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.
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Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises; for never intending to go beyond promises; it costs nothing.
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The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.
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To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
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Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.
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People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law; and those who have most to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous.
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Better be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too confident security.
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