Neither the few nor the many have a right to act merely by their will, in any matter connected with duty, trust, engagement, or obligation.

— Edmund Burke An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs (1791)

More quotes by Edmund Burke

Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)

Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents (1770)

Speech at a County Meeting of Buckinghamshire (1784)

A Letter to a Member of the National Assembly (1791)

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