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Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke

English politician and philosopher

Lived from: 1729 - 1797

Category: Politics | Philosophers Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 12 january 1729 Died: 9 july 1797

  • People must be taken as they are, and we should never try make them or ourselves better by quarreling with them.

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  • All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
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  • Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state.
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  • It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.
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  • Men have no right to put the well-being of the present generation wholly out of the question. Perhaps the only moral trust with any certainty in our hands is the care of our own time.
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  • The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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  • To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.
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  • Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations - wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco.
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  • When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
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  • Young man, there is America, which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners.
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Questions and Answers

What are the most famous quotes from Edmund Burke?

The two most famous quotes from Edmund Burke are:

  • "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
  • "Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state."

When did Edmund Burke live?

Edmund Burke was born in 1729 and died in the year 1797.