Quotes by Burke, Edmund

No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting an >>

The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they ple >>

The objects of a financier are, then, to secure an ample revenue; to i >>

Quotations about Power

It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs. >>

There are powers inside of you which, if you could discover and use, w >>

Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it. >>

Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument from it, even though but for one year, never can willingly abandon it. They may be distressed in the midst of all their power; but they will never look to anything but power for their relief.

Burke, Edmund