When a great man has some one object in view to be achieved in a given time, it may be absolutely necessary for him to walk out of all the common roads.
Edmund BurkeLearning will be cast into the mire and trodden down under the hoofs of a swinish multitude.
Edmund BurkeEvils we have had continually calling for reformation, and reformations more grievous than any evils.
Edmund BurkeA disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.
Edmund BurkeIt ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents. Their wishes ought to have great weight with him; their opinion, high respect; their business, unremitted attention.
Edmund Burke