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
trust power ideas
All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act in trust, and that they are to account for their conduct in that trust to the one great Master, Author, and Founder of society.
kings tyrants rebel
Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
inspirational life education
He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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Education is the cheap defense of nations.
inspirational money greatest-wealth
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
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In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
flattery giver flattering
Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
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Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.
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Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.
book reading carpe-diem
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.
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You can never plan the future by the past.
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We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.