Edmund Burke

The march of the human mind is slow.

The march of the human mind is slow.

It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary
ideas of criminal justice to this read more

It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary
ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not
know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole
people.

And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first
scarcity they will turn and bite the hand read more

And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first
scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them.

Some degree of novelty must be one of the materials in almost every instrument which works upon the mind; and read more

Some degree of novelty must be one of the materials in almost every instrument which works upon the mind; and curiosity blends itself, more or less, with all our pleasures.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for read more

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.