The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 Quotes

“It is an obvious truth, that no constitution can defend itself: it must be defended by the wisdom and fortitude of men.”
― Edmund Burke, The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06

“It is no strange thing, to those who look into the nature of corrupted man, to find a violent persecutor a perfect unbeliever of his own creed.”
― Edmund Burke, The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06

“Untried forms of government may, to unstable minds, recommend themselves even by their novelty.”
― Edmund Burke, The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06

“It is the duty of those who claim to rule over others not to provoke them beyond the necessity of the case, nor to leave stings in their minds which must long rankle even when the appearance of tranquillity is restored.”
― Edmund Burke, The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06

“there is no circumstance, in all the contradictions of our most mysterious nature, that appears to be more humiliating than the use we are disposed to make of those sad examples which seem purposely marked for our correction and improvement.”
― Edmund Burke, The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06