Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society. – 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
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
While we remain a nation decisively shaped by religious faith, our politics and our culture are, in the main, less influenced by movements and arguments of an explicitly Christian character than they were even five years ago. I think this is a good thing – good for our political culture. – Jon Meacham