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 together politics
A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.
religious atheism zealous
Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.
religious men animal
Man is by his constitution a religious animal.
law justice humanity
It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.
evil enemy good-and-evil
One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
art poetry shadow
Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.
important revolution moral
The most important of all revolutions, a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions.
time arrogance-of-youth age
The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.
limits riches frugality
Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.
powerful people be-good
If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived.
peace war tyrants
Tyrants seldom want pretexts.
liberty doe morality
Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.
letting-go powerful reflection
To give freedom is still more easy. It is not necessary to guide; it only requires to let go the rein. But to form a free government; that is, to temper together these opposite elements of liberty and restraint in one work, requires much thought, deep reflection, a sagacious, powerful, and combining mind.
freedom lovers depends
Depend upon it that the lovers of freedom will be free.