All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. – Edmund Burke
I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business. – Edmund Burke
When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people. – Edmund Burke
We are all representatives of the American people. We all do town hall meetings. We all talk to our constituents. And Ive got to tell you, the American people are engaged. And if you think they want a government takeover of health care, I would respectfully submit youre not listening to them. – Paul Ryan