On the record
I know of no mode of preserving the effectual execution of any duty, but to make it the direct interest of the executive officer that it shall be faithfully performed.
Said by
Edmund Burke
Source
gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “I know of no mode of preserving the effectual execution of any duty, but to make it the direct interest of the executive…”
Editor's note · Context
Burke believes that ensuring the faithful execution of duties requires aligning the interests of executive officers with their responsibilities.
Share
More from Edmund Burke
Jan 1, 1790
By adhering in this manner and on those principles to our forefathers, we are guided, not by the superstition of antiquarians, but by the spirit of philosophic analogy.
Jan 1, 1790
Their trust for the future preservation of the Constitution was not in future revolutions.
Jan 1, 1790
But the king of Great Britain obeys no other person; all other persons are individually, and collectively too, under him, and owe to him a legal obedience.
Other voices in this conversation
