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Quotes from Observations on a Late Publication on the Present State of the Nation — Edmund Burke

1729–1797 Ireland

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People must be governed in a manner agreeable to their temper and disposition; and men of free character and spirit must be ruled with, at least, some condescension to this spirit and this character.

Observations on a Late Publication on the Present State of the Nation (1769)

There is, however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.

Observations on a Late Publication on the Present State of the Nation (1769)

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the publick to be the most anxious for its welfare.

Observations on a Late Publication on the Present State of the Nation (1769)

It is reconciled in policy; and politics ought to be adjusted, not to human reasonings, but to human nature; of which the reason is but a part; and by no means the greatest part.

Observations on a Late Publication on the Present State of the Nation (1769)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Edmund Burke (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.