Quotes about Responsibility
Society is indeed a contract ... it becomes a participant not only between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.
— Edmund Burke
A representative owes not just his industry but his judgement
— Edmund Burke
All That Is Needed For Evil To Succeeded, Is For Good People To Do Nothing
— Edmund Burke
It is an obvious truth, that no constitution can defend itself: it must be defended by the wisdom and fortitude of men.
— Edmund Burke
Whatever each man can separately do, without trespassing upon others, he has a right to do for himself; and he has a right to a fair portion of all which society, with all its combinations of skill and force, can do in his favor.
— Edmund Burke
The only thing for evil to triumph in the world is for good men not to act.
— Edmund Burke
The restraints on men, as well as their liberties, are to be reckoned among their rights.
— Edmund Burke
There is no qualification for government, but virtue and wisdom, whether actual or presumptive. . . . Every thing ought to be open; but not indifferently to every man.
— Edmund Burke
Evil prevails if good people say nothing. -
— Edmund Burke
It only needs a good man to do nothing for evil to triumph.
— Edmund Burke
The restraints on men, as well as their liberties, are both to be reckoned among their rights.
— Edmund Burke
There is no qualification for government but virtue and wisdom, actual or presumptive.
— Edmund Burke