Is it in destroying and pulling down that skill is displayed? The shallowest understanding, the rudest hand, is more than equal to that task.
Edmund BurkeOppression makes wise men mad; but the distemper is still the madness of the wise, which is better than the sobriety of fools.
Edmund BurkeIn effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature.
Edmund Burke