What Edmund Burke thinks about innovation
Irish-born British statesman and political philosopher (1729 to 1797); author of Reflections on the Revolution in France.
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1 dated position, c. 1790, in their own words. Our reading of what Edmund Burke has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsThis policy appears to me to be the result of profound reflection,—or rather the happy effect of following Nature, which is wisdom without reflection, and above it. A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views.
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