Edmund Burke
Conservatism founder
Sayings by Edmund Burke
Liberty, when it is abused, is of all things the most dangerous.
The love of lucre, and not the love of liberty, is the ruling principle of the new French Republic.
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
The credulity of dupes is as inexhaustible as the invention of knaves.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
The effect of liberty to individuals is, that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations.