If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
Edmund BurkeGeneral rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.
Edmund BurkeThe wise determine from the gravity of the case; the irritable, from sensibility to oppression; the high minded, from disdain and indignation at abusive power in unworthy hands.
Edmund Burke