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
believe men hands
All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing as they must if they believe they can do nothing. There is nothing worse because the council of despair is declaration of irresponsibility; it is Pilate washing his hands.
fate men evil
The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.
men history way
I find along with many virtues in my countrymen there is a jealousy, a soreness, and readiness to take offence, as if they were the most helpless and impotent of mankind, and yet a violence... and a boistrousness in their resentment, as if they had been puffed up with the highest prosperity and power. they will not only be served, but it must also be in their own way and on their own principles and even in words and language that they liked... which renders it very difficult for a plain unguarded man as I am to have anything to do with them or their affairs.
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.
hate men political
By hating vices too much, they come to love men too little.
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.
country men may
I cannot conceive how any man can have brought himself to that pitch of presumption, to consider his country as nothing but carte blanche, upon which he may scribble whatever he pleases.
real mean men
What is it we all seek for in an election? To answer its real purposes, you must first possess the means of knowing the fitness of your man; and then you must retain some hold upon him by personal obligation or dependence.
men giving way
Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability.
good-friend men self
My good friends, while I do most earnestly recommend you to take care of your health and safety, as things most precious to us, I would not have that care degenerate into an effeminate and over-curious attention, which is always disgraceful to a man's self, and often troublesome to others.
men evil good-man
Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
men evil good-man
Evil succeeds when good men do nothing
men stamps cant
Of this stamp is the cant of, Not men, but measures.
men pawns injustice
No man can mortgage his injustice as a pawn for his fidelity.