Quotes by Edmund Burke with virtue

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 government - indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act - is founded on compromise and barter.
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  • All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
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  • If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.
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  • Restraint and discipline and examples of virtue and justice. These are the things that form the education of the world.
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  • The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of the great.
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  • There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
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  • Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.
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What are the most famous quotes from Edmund Burke?

The two most famous quotes from Edmund Burke are:

  • "All government - indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act - is founded on compromise and barter."
  • "All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter."

When did Edmund Burke live?

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