The superfluities of a rich nation furnish a better object of trade than the necessities of a poor one. It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.
Edmund BurkeTo reach the height of our ambition is like trying to reach the rainbow; as we advance it recedes.
Edmund BurkeIn their nomination to office they will not appoint to the exercise of authority as to a pitiful job, but as to a holy function.
Edmund BurkeAll those instances to be found in history, whether real or fabulous, of a doubtful public spirit, at which morality is perplexed, reason is staggered, and from which affrighted Nature recoils, are their chosen and almost sole examples for the instruction of their youth.
Edmund Burke