Quotes by Burke, Edmund

Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile >>

When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of po >>

To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not give >>

Quotations about Force

A man convinced against his will; is of the same opinion still. >>

Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively >>

The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; b >>

The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again: and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.

Burke, Edmund