Spain: A whale stranded upon the coast of Europe. – Edmund Burke
Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add to the old. – Edmund Burke

Spain: A whale stranded upon the coast of Europe. – Edmund Burke
Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add to the old. – Edmund Burke
Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing. – Edmund Burke
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty helps us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial. – Edmund Burke