Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extingui… - Edmund Burke

" "
Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.

Edmund Burke

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke (12 January 1729 – 9 July 1797) was a British and Irish statesman 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.

Biography information from Wikiquote

All quotes from Edmund Burke Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Edmund Burke:

John Adams Thomas Paine Thomas Jefferson William Godwin Benjamin Disraeli

Additional quotes by Edmund Burke

I wished to warn the people against the greatest of all evils, — a blind and furious spirit of innovation, under the name of reform.

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free: if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

Religion is the basis of civil society, and the source of all good and of all comfort.

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants. - Edmund Burke

About Edmund Burke

Additional quotes by Edmund Burke