Edmund Burke1729–1797The quotations of
Edmund Burke
Anglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher
1729–1797
57 quotes, most often on Government, Religion and Politics.
- Speech on the Bill for the Relief of Protestant Dissenters (7 March 1773)
They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.
Speech on the Independence of Parliament (1780)- Letter to a Member of the National Assembly (1791), Volume IV, p. 55.
People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), Volume iii, p. 274Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
Letter to M. de Menonville (October 1789)No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing voice of Christian charity.
Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)- Second Speech on Conciliation with America (1775)
Learning will be cast into the mire and trodden down under the hoofs of a swinish multitude.
Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), Volume iii, p. 335- Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
- Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
- Preface to Brissot’s Address (1794)
Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), Volume iii, p. 334A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)- Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
- Second Speech on Conciliation with America (1775)
