Edmund Burke Quotes


Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.


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Edmund Burke, 1729-1797, Irish Orator & Member of the British Parliament, Speech to the Electors of Bristol, November 3, 1774

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Some Senators stated that in good conscience they could not vote to curtail freedom of speech or expression. See Edmund Burke {194922} for one of the great statements on the legislator’s obligation.


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Edmund Burke
  • Born: January 12, 1729
  • Died: July 9, 1797
  • Nationality: Irish
  • Profession: Statesman

Edmund Burke was an Irish statesman, economist, and philosopher. Born in Dublin, Burke served as a member of parliament (MP) between 1766 and 1794 in the House of Commons of Great Britain with the Whig Party after moving to London in 1750.