Creative Quotations from Edmund Burke (1729-1797)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Edmund Burke
(1729-1797) born on Jan 12

English "statesman, orator". He was a prominent political thinker in public life from 1765-1795 who was much admired by American conservatives.

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

"History is a pact between the dead, the living, and the yet unborn."

"A thing may look specious in theory, and yet be ruinous in practice; a thing may look evil in theory, and yet be in practice excellent."

Good order is the foundation of all things.

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
R:	"In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
A:	"Impeachment of Warren Hastings, 19 Feb 1788"
N:	Reflections on the Revolution in France
K:	""Reflections on the Revolution in France," 1790."