Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without.

About Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke (; 12 January [NS] 1729 – 9 July 1797) was an Anglo-Irish statesman, journalist, writer, and philosopher who spent most of his career in Great Britain. Born in Dublin, Burke served as a member of Parliament (MP) between 1766 and 1794 in the House of Commons of Great...

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