115 Famous Quotes by Edmund Burke
1/12/1729 - 7/9/1797
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About Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke PC was an Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher, who, after moving to England, served for many years in the House of Commons of Great Britain as a member of the Whig party.
He is mainly remembered for his support of the cause of the American Revolutionaries, and for his later opposition to the French Revolution. The latter led to his becoming the leading figure within the conservative faction of the Whig party, which he dubbed the "Old Whigs", in opposition to the pro–French Revolution "New Whigs", led by Charles James Fox.
Burke was praised by both conservatives and liberals in the 19th century. Since the 20th century, he has generally been viewed as the philosophical founder of modern conservatism, as well as a representative of classical liberalism.
The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the
nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is gone!
Disgrace
Quotes, by Edmund Burke , Source: Reflections on the Revolution in France (vol. III, p. 331)
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Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
Vice
Quotes, by Edmund Burke , Source: Reflections on the Revolution in France
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I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no
small one, in the real misfortunes and pains of others.
Delight
Quotes, by Edmund Burke , Source: The Sublime and Beautiful (pt. I, sec. 14)
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No man can mortgage his injustice as a pawn for his fidelity.
Fidelity
Quotes, by Edmund Burke , Source: Reflections on the Revolution in France
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Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way,
ought to give us ground to presume ability.
Ability
Quotes, by Edmund Burke , Source: Reflections on the Revolution in France
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No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing voice of
Christian charity.
Charity
Quotes, by Edmund Burke , Source: Reflections on the Revolution in France
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He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. •Edmund Burke Which fiddle-strings is weakness to expredge my nerves this night!
Nervousness
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Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have a right that these wants should be provided for by this wisdom.
Government
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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.
Novelty
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The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blanches, the thought that never wanders, the purpose that never wavers - these are the masters of victory.
Perseverance
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The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blanches, the thought that never wanders, the purpose that never wavers - these are the masters of victory.
Victory
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If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
Wealth
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It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
Welfare
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All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
Compromise
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