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.
A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)- Second Speech on Conciliation with America (1775)
To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.
First Speech on the Conciliation with America (1774)- Thoughts and Details on Scarcity (1795)
- Second Speech on Conciliation with America (1775)
- Observations on a Late Publication on the Present State of the Nation (1769), page 76.
