Edmund Burke: “The great end and object I have in view is to show the criminal tendency, the mischievous nature of these crimes, and…”

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.

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.

Though a king may abdicate for his own person, he cannot abdicate for the monarchy.

This idea of a liberal descent inspires us with a sense of habitual native dignity, which prevents that upstart insolence almost inevitably adhering to and disgracing those who are the first acquirers of any distinction.