Edmund Burke

A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood.

Edmund Burke

A jealous lover lights his torch from the firebrand of the fiend.

Edmund Burke

A man full of warm, speculative benevolence may wish his society otherwise constituted than he finds it; but a good patriot, and a true politician, always considers how he shall make the most of the existing materials of his country.

Edmund Burke

A nation is not conquered which is perpetually to be conquered.

Edmund Burke

A nation without means of reform is without means of survival.

Edmund Burke

A perfect democracy is therefore the most shameless thing in the world.

Edmund Burke

A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatience of suffering.

Edmund Burke

A speculative despair is unpardonable where it our duty to act.

Edmund Burke

A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

Edmund Burke

A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation. Without such means it might even risk the loss of that part of the constitution which it wished the most religiously to preserve.

Edmund Burke