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A man who works beyond the surface of things,though he may be wrong himself, yet he clears the way for others and may make even his errors subservient to the cause of truth.
By Edmund Burke
An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.
By Edmund Burke
If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived.
By Edmund Burke
It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
By Edmund Burke
Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
By Edmund Burke
Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.
By Edmund Burke
Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.
By Edmund Burke
Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society.
By Edmund Burke
In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature.
By Edmund Burke
Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.
By Edmund Burke
When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people.
By Edmund Burke