The poorest being that crawls on earth, contending to save itself from injustice and oppression, is an object respectable in the eyes of God and man.
Edmund BurkeIt is undoubtedly the business of ministers very much to consult the inclinations of the people, but they ought to take great care that they do not receive that inclination from the few persons who may happen to approach them.
Edmund BurkeThe writers against religion, whilst they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set up any of their own.
Edmund Burke