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
equality men rights
All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.
wisdom evil liberty
But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.
inspirational life art
Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
order foundation organize
Good order is the foundation of all things.
government unjust oppressive-governments
Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
peace creativity passion
There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.
air law vex
Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe.
men evil good-man
All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is good men doing nothing.
mind infamous gang
Despots govern by terror. They know that he who fears God fears nothing else; and therefore they eradicate from the mind, through their Voltaire, their Helvetius, and the rest of that infamous gang, that only sort of fear which generates true courage.
encouraging encouragement mind
Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
mind facts body
Facts are to the mind what food is to the body.
saving virtue economy
Economy is a distributive virtue, and consists not in saving but in selection.
inspirational family memories
People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
gambling principles human-nature
Gambling is a principle inherent in human nature.