Maxioms by Edmund Burke
People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors
People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors
She is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.
She is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.
Some decent regulated pre-eminence, some preference (not
exclusive appropriation) given to birth, is neither unnatural,
nor unjust, nor read more
Some decent regulated pre-eminence, some preference (not
exclusive appropriation) given to birth, is neither unnatural,
nor unjust, nor impolite.
They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.
They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.
It is the function of a judge not to make but to declare the law,
according to the golden read more
It is the function of a judge not to make but to declare the law,
according to the golden mete-wand of the law and not by the
crooked cord of discretion.
