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
government order liberty
The only liberty that is valuable is a liberty connected with order; that not only exists along with order and virtue, but which cannot exist at all without them. It inheres in good and steady government, as in its substance and vital principle.
mind progress march
The march of the human mind is slow.
hands bites ingratitude
We set ourselves to bite the hand that feeds us.
happiness admiration made
Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.
understanding planning observation
I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business.
god men unity
What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.
stupid essence law
The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
making-a-difference charity littles
The greatest sin is to do nothing because you can only do a little.
mind together littles
A great empire and little minds go ill together.
stars lying views
The starry heaven, though it occurs so very frequently to our view, never fails to excite an idea of grandeur. This cannot be owing to the stars themselves, separately considered. The number is certainly the cause. The apparent disorder augments the grandeur, for the appearance of care is highly contrary to our ideas of magnificence. Besides, the stars lie in such apparent confusion, as makes it impossible on ordinary occasions to reckon them. This gives them the advantage of a sort of infinity.
wisdom equality law
There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations.
lying justice abortion
Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
character passion men
It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.
tyrants tyranny multitudes
The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.