Edmund Burke Quotes
Nothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well think of rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant.
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Burke, Edmund. A Letter from Edmund Burke, Esq; One of the Representatives in Parliament for the City of Bristol, to John Farr and John Harris, Esqrs. Sheriffs of that City, on the Affairs of America. J. Dodsley, 1777, p. 66.
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Edmund Burke was an Irish statesman, economist, and philosopher. Born in Dublin, Burke served as a member of parliament (MP) between 1766 and 1794 in the House of Commons of Great Britain with the Whig Party after moving to London in 1750.
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