There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity – the law of nature and of nations. – Edmund Burke
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. – Edmund Burke
It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people. – Edmund Burke
Restraint and discipline and examples of virtue and justice. These are the things that form the education of the world. – Edmund Burke