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
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Next to love, Sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart.
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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.
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Wars are just to those to whom they are necessary.
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Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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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.
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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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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.
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By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
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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.