Quotes from Edmund Burke
Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue.
- Edmund Burke
There is nothing that God has judged good for us that He has not given us the means to accomplish, both in the natural and the moral world.
- Edmund Burke
That great chain of causes, which, linking one to another, even to the throne of God Himself, can never be unraveled by any industry of ours.
- Edmund Burke
To be struck with His power, it is only necessary to open our eyes.
- Edmund Burke
Good order is the foundation of all things.
- Edmund Burke
Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
- 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.
- Edmund Burke
And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them.
- Edmund Burke
Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
- Edmund Burke
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants.
- Edmund Burke
In all forms of government the people is the true legislator.
- Edmund Burke
The parties are the gamesters; but government keeps the table, and is sure to be the winner in the end.
- Edmund Burke