In 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 BurkeIt is the nature of tyranny and rapacity never to learn moderation from the ill-success of first oppressions; on the contrary, all oppressors, all men thinking highly of the methods dictated by their nature, attribute the frustration of their desires to the want of sufficient rigor.
Edmund BurkeIs it in destroying and pulling down that skill is displayed? The shallowest understanding, the rudest hand, is more than equal to that task.
Edmund BurkeThe question is not whether you have a right to render people miserable, but whether it is not in your best interest to make them happy.
Edmund Burke