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
religion resistance principles
The religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principles of resistance: it is the dissidence of dissent, and the protestantism of the Protestant religion.
careful against-religion
The writers against religion, whilst they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set up any of their own.
religion comfort source
Religion is the basis of civil society, and the source of all good and of all comfort.
religion fabric foundation
True religion is the foundation of society. When that is once shaken by contempt, the whole fabric cannot be stable nor lasting.
perfection religion world
The body of all true religion consists, to be sure, in obedience to the will of the Sovereign of the world, in a confidence in His declarations, and in imitation of His perfections.
generous nature suffered wise
Through a wise and salutary neglect, a generous nature has been suffered to take her own way to perfection.
ceases limit
There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
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.
jobs exercise office
In their nomination to office they will not appoint to the exercise of authority as to a pitiful job, but as to a holy function.
art partnership born
Art is a partnership not only between those who are living but between those who are dead and those who are yet to be born.
pain real delight
I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one, in the real misfortunes and pain of others
people liberty spirit
That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors, is to keep the Spirit of Liberty constantly awake, is an undeniable truth
block tree chips
He was not merely a chip off the old block, but the old block itself.
learning casts multitudes
Learning will be cast into the mire and trodden down under the hoofs of a swinish multitude.