Quotes by Burke, Edmund

I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to >>

I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observ >>

Our patience will achieve more than our force. >>

Quotations about Scandal

There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest >>

Mistakes, scandals, and failures no longer signal catastrophe. The cru >>

Certain it is that scandal is good brisk talk, whereas praise of one's >>

An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.

Burke, Edmund