A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood.

— Edmund Burke

A disposition to preserve and an ability to improve taken together would be my standard of a statesman.

— Edmund Burke

Adversity is a severe instructor. ... He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

— Edmund Burke

All government - indeed every human benefit and enjoyment every virtue and every prudent act - is founded on compromise and barter.

— Edmund Burke

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.

— Edmund Burke

All men that are ruined on the side of their natural propensities.

— Edmund Burke

All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.

— Edmund Burke

All That Is Needed For Evil To Succeeded, Is For Good People To Do Nothing

— Edmund Burke

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

— Edmund Burke

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

— Edmund Burke