Political Quotes

Edmund Burke: “Instead of all this cunning, is there not one plain way open,--that is, to put the burden of the proof on those who make…”

On the record
Instead of all this cunning, is there not one plain way open,--that is, to put the burden of the proof on those who make the demand?
Said by
Edmund Burke

Editor's note · Context

Burke advocates for a straightforward approach that places the burden of proof on those making demands.

Share

More from Edmund Burke

Jan 1, 1790

I think our happy situation owing to our Constitution,--but owing to the whole of it, and not to any part singly,--owing in a great measure to what we have left standing in our several reviews and reformations, as well as to what we have…

gutenberg.org
Jan 1, 1790

The improvements of the National Assembly are superficial, their errors fundamental.

gutenberg.org
Jan 1, 1790

I would not exclude alteration neither; but even when I changed, it should be to preserve.

gutenberg.org
Jan 1, 1790

But when the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service.

gutenberg.org

Other voices in this conversation