Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society. Edmund Burke Read Quote
In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature. Edmund Burke Read Quote
I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business. Edmund Burke Read Quote
The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations. Edmund Burke Read Quote
A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman. Edmund Burke Read Quote
