Edmund Burke
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Burke was an Anglo-Irish writer, philosopher and politician who sat in the House of Commons for the Whigs from 1766 to 1794.
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7 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Born: 12 Jan 1729, Dublin, Ireland (opens wiqqi.app)
- Died: 9 Jul 1797, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire (opens wiqqi.app)
- Education: A Quaker school at Ballitore, County Kildare; Trinity College Dublin from 1744 to 1748, where he founded a debating club in 1747 (opens wiqqi.app)
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39 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Circumstances, not abstract principles, make a political scheme good or harmful (opens korrents.com)
“Circumstances (which with some gentlemen pass for nothing) give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect.”
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A state that cannot change cannot preserve itself (opens korrents.com)
“A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.”
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A spirit of innovation generally comes from a selfish temper and narrow views (opens korrents.com)
“This policy appears to me to be the result of profound reflection,—or rather the happy effect of following Nature, which is wisdom without reflection, and above it. A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a…”
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Circumstances, not abstract principles, make a political scheme good or harmful (opens korrents.com)