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Edmund Burke (1729-1797) was an Irish statesman, philosopher, and political theorist whose ideas profoundly shaped modern conservative thought. Born in Dublin, Burke moved to England, where he became a member of Parliament and a prominent advocate for American colonies' rights. His influential works, including "Reflections on the Revolution in France," emphasized the importance of tradition and gradual reform over radical change. Burke’s legacy endures as a cornerstone of political philosophy, reminding us of the delicate balance between liberty and order in society.
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"No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear."
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"But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint."
Edmund Burke"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."
Edmund Burke"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle."
Edmund Burke"People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law; and those who have most to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous."
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"There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination."
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"Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little."
Edmund Burke"If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed."
Edmund Burke"Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together."
Edmund Burke"Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation."
Edmund Burke
"It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do."
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"There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations."
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"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."
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"Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing."
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"A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation."
Edmund Burke