Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
Edmund BurkeIf we owned the property, we will be free and prosperous. If so they regain control, we will become poor
Edmund BurkeThe marketplace obliges men, whether they will or not, in pursuing their own selfish interests, to connect the general good with their own individual success.
Edmund BurkeI dread our own power, and our own ambition; I dread our being too much dreaded... We may say that we shall not abuse this astonishing, and hitherto unheard-of-power. But every other nation will think we shall abuse it. It is impossible but that, sooner or later, this state of things must produce a combination against us which may end in our ruin.
Edmund Burke