661 Quotes by Edmund Burke

There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui Bono, from his having first introduced into judicial proceedings the argument, "What end or object could the party have had in the act with which he is accused.

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

The only liberty that is valuable is a liberty connected with order; that not only exists along with order and virtue, but which cannot exist at all without them. It inheres in good and steady government, as in its substance and vital principle.

Nothing, indeed, but the possession of some power can with any certainty discover what at the bottom is the true character of any man.

Between craft and credulity, the voice of reason is stifled.

The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

The very name of a politician, a statesman, is sure to cause terror and hatred; it has always connected with it the ideas of treachery, cruelty, fraud, and tyranny.

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.