There is a boundary to mens passions when they act from feelings but none when they are under the influence of imagination. – Edmund Burke
Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy. – Edmund Burke
Restraint and discipline and examples of virtue and justice. These are the things that form the education of the world. – 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