government 6
- The abstract perfection of natural rights is their practical defect
- Great distance inevitably weakens the government of a far-off colony
Edmund Burke
Irish-born British statesman and political philosopher (1729 to 1797); author of Reflections on the Revolution in France.
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What Edmund Burke says most about
America 3
- Arguing against American liberty forces Britain to undermine its own freedom
- Legal education makes Americans resist bad principles before any actual grievance
democracy 2
- In a democracy the majority can oppress the minority more cruelly than a single ruler
- A perfect democracy is the most shameless thing in the world
religion 2
- Humans are religious by nature and atheism cannot prevail long
- Religion is the basis of civil society and the source of all good