Edmund Burke

To execute laws is a royal office; to execute orders is not to be
a king. However, a political read more

To execute laws is a royal office; to execute orders is not to be
a king. However, a political executive magistracy, though merely
such, is a great trust.

Of this stamp is the cant of, not men, but measures.

Of this stamp is the cant of, not men, but measures.

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken
together, would by my standard of a statesman.

A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken
together, would by my standard of a statesman.

The men of England--the men, I mean of light and leading in
England.

The men of England--the men, I mean of light and leading in
England.