In this choice of inheritance we have given to our frame of polity the image of a relation in blood; binding up the constitution of our country with our dearest domestic ties; adopting our fundamental laws into the bosom of our family affections; keeping inseparable and cherishing with the warmth of all their combined and mutually reflected charities, our state, our hearths, our sepulchres, and our altars.
Edmund BurkeMagnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.
Edmund BurkeThere are some men formed with feelings so blunt that they can hardly be said to be awake during the whole course of their lives.
Edmund BurkeThere is a time when the hoary head of inveterate abuse will neither draw reverence nor obtain protection.
Edmund BurkeMy good friends, while I do most earnestly recommend you to take care of your health and safety, as things most precious to us, I would not have that care degenerate into an effeminate and over-curious attention, which is always disgraceful to a man's self, and often troublesome to others.
Edmund Burke