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
jealous history world
When slavery is established in any part of the world, those who are free are by far the most proud and jealous of their freedom.
struggle political world
You had that action and counteraction which, in the natural and in the political world, from the reciprocal struggle of discordant powers draws out the harmony of the universe.
mean world moral
There is nothing that God has judged good for us that He has not given us the means to accomplish, both in the natural and the moral world.
justice discipline world
Restraint and discipline and examples of virtue and justice. These are the things that form the education of the world.
business world wealth
It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.
world vex arise
A very great part of the mischiefs that vex the world arises from words.
perfect democracy world
A perfect democracy is therefore the most shameless thing in the world.
world wealth rich
The superfluities of a rich nation furnish a better object of trade than the necessities of a poor one. It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.
world advantage distrust
I do ride contend against the advantages of distrust. In the world we live in, it is but too necessary. Some of old called it the very sinews of discretion.
lying understanding world
There is nothing in the world really beneficial that does not lie within the reach of an informed understanding and a well-protected pursuit.
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.