It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs. – Edmund Burke
Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society. – Edmund Burke
If the grain were separated from the chaff which fills the Works of our National Poets, what is truly valuable would be to what is useless in the proportion of a mole-hill to a mountain. – Edmund Burke
It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare. – Edmund Burke
Without denying the value of scientific endeavor, there is a striking absurdity in committing billions to reach the moon where no people live, while only a fraction of that amount is appropriated to service the densely populated slums. – Martin Luther King,Jr., Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?, 1967