Political Quotes

Edmund Burke: According to their invariable course, the framers of your Constitution have begun with the utter abolition of the…

On the record
According to their invariable course, the framers of your Constitution have begun with the utter abolition of the parliaments.
Said by
Edmund Burke

Editor's note · Context

Burke discusses the foundational changes made to the Constitution, particularly the abolition of parliaments.

Share

More from Edmund Burke

Jan 1, 1790

Those who are servants in name, as well as in effect, do not like to be told of their situation, their duty, and their obligations.

gutenberg.org
Jan 1, 1790

But an absurd theory on one side of a question forms no justification for alleging a false fact or promulgating mischievous maxims on the other.

gutenberg.org
Jan 1, 1790

The people of England will not ape the fashions they have never tried, nor go back to those which they have found mischievous on trial.

gutenberg.org
Jan 1, 1790

An irregular, convulsive movement may be necessary to throw off an irregular, convulsive disease.

gutenberg.org

Other voices in this conversation