Edmund Burke ( 10 of 111 )
They made and recorded a sort of institute and digest of anarchy,
called the rights of man.
They made and recorded a sort of institute and digest of anarchy,
called the rights of man.
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no
small one, in the real misfortunes read more
I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no
small one, in the real misfortunes and pains of others.
Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
All government--indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every
virtue and every prudent act--is founded on compromise and
barter.
All government--indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every
virtue and every prudent act--is founded on compromise and
barter.
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 tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
It is the function of a judge not to make but to declare the law,
according to the golden read more
It is the function of a judge not to make but to declare the law,
according to the golden mete-wand of the law and not by the
crooked cord of discretion.
Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no
other.
Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no
other.
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.
