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
saving virtue economy
Economy is a distributive virtue, and consists not in saving but in selection.
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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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Gambling is a principle inherent in human nature.
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It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.
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And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them.
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People crushed by law, have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws; and those who have much hope and nothing to lose, will always be dangerous.
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He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
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I have not yet lost a feeling of wonder, and of delight, that the delicate motion should reside in all the things around us, revealing itself only to him who looks for it.
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Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.
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There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men.
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument from it, even though but for one year, never can willingly abandon it. They may be distressed in the midst of all their power; but they will never look to anything but power for their relief.
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Nothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well think of rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant.
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Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.