About Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke (; 12 January [NS] 1729 – 9 July 1797) was an Anglo-Irish writer, philosopher, and politician who is widely credited as the founder of the cultural and political philosophy of conservatism. Regarded as one of the most influential conservative thinkers and political writers of the 18th century, Burke...
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No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
An event had happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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Politicians are the same all over; they promise to build a bridge even where there is no water.
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