And having looked to government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them. To avoid that evil, government will redouble the causes of it; and then it will become inveterate and incurable. – Edmund Burke
We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature. – Edmund Burke
It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs. – Edmund Burke
Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom and a great empire and little minds go ill together. – Edmund Burke
Social Security is a government program with a constituency made up of the old, the near old and those who hope or fear to grow old. After 215 years of trying, we have finally discovered a special interest that includes 100 percent of the population. Now we can vote ourselves rich. – P. J. ORourke