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
taken men rights
This sort of people are so taken up with their theories about the rights of man that they have totally forgotten his nature.
two political may
Where two motives, neither of them perfectly justifiable, may be assigned, the worst has the chance of being preferred.
struggle political world
You had that action and counteraction which, in the natural and in the political world, from the reciprocal struggle of discordant powers draws out the harmony of the universe.
heart tyrants political
Many of the greatest tyrants on the records of history have begun their reigns in the fairest manner. But the truth is, this unnatural power corrupts both the heart and the understanding.
life caution circumspection
Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
men views goal
When a great man has some one object in view to be achieved in a given time, it may be absolutely necessary for him to walk out of all the common roads.
freedom atheism superstitions
Freedom and not servitude is the cure of anarchy; as religion, and not atheism, is the true remedy of superstition.
liberty society appetite
Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without.
men people charm
Not men but measures a sort of charm by which many people get loose from every honorable engagement.
hate men political
By hating vices too much, they come to love men too little.
historical defence nations
Education is a nation's cheapest defence
men empathy feelings
There are some men formed with feelings so blunt that they can hardly be said to be awake during the whole course of their lives.
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.
love doe weakness
Who can know her, and himself, and entertain much hope? Who can see and know such a creature, and not love her to distraction? She has all the softness that does not imply weakness... she is not made to be the admiration of everybody, but the happiness of one.