A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.
Edmund Burke
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When ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated. From that moment we have no compass to govern us, nor can we know distinctly to what port to steer.
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There is but one law for all; namely the law which governs all law-the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity; the law of nature and of nations.
- Edmund Burke