Edmund Burke: “They pretend that the destruction of kings, nobles, and the aristocracy of burghers and rich men is the only means of…”

They must respect that property of which they cannot partake.

In some people I see great liberty, indeed; in many, if not in the most, an oppressive, degrading servitude.

But to form a free government, that is, to temper together these opposite elements of liberty and restraint in one consistent work, requires much thought, deep reflection, a sagacious, powerful, and combining mind.

They have not more notes in their song than the cuckoo; though, far from the softness of that harbinger of summer and plenty, their voice is as harsh and as ominous as that of the raven.