BURKE, EDMUND : Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy. (Edmund Burke, Irish statesman who served in the British Parliament, author, orator, and political philosopher, 1729-1797)

BURKE, EDMUND : Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. (Edmund Burke, Irish statesman who served in the British Parliament, author, orator, and political philosopher, 1729-1797)

BURKE, EDMUND : All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. (Edmund Burke, Irish statesman who served in the British Parliament, author, orator, and political philosopher, 1729-1797)

BURKE, EDMUND : Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy. (Edmund Burke, Irish statesman who served in the British Parliament, author, orator, and political philosopher, 1729-1797)

BURKE, EDMUND : Liberty without wisdom and virtue is the greatest of all possible evils. (Edmund Burke, Irish statesman who served in the British Parliament, author, orator, and political philosopher, 1729-1797)

BURKE, EDMUND : He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skills. Our antagonist is our helper. (Edmund Burke, Irish statesman who served in the British Parliament, author, orator, and political philosopher, 1729-1797)

BURKE, EDMUND : All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing. (Edmund Burke, Irish statesman who served in the British Parliament, author, orator, and political philosopher, 1729-1797)

BURKE, EDMUND : People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors. (Edmund Burke, Anglo-Irish statesman and philosopher, 1729-1797)

BURKE, EDMUND : People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors. (Edmund Burke, Anglo-Irish statesman and philosopher who served in the British parliament and in the House of Commons, 1729-1797)