21. Edmund Burke Collection At Bartleby.com edmund burke. 1729–97, British political writer and statesman, b. Dublin, Ireland. burke left, in his many and diverse writings, a monumental construction http://www.bartleby.com/people/Burke-Ed.html

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22. Edmund Burke Index edmund burke Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790). burke s Writings and Speeches. Volume One Volume Two Volume Three Volume Four http://www.efm.bris.ac.uk/het/burke/index.htm

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23. EpistemeLinks: Electronic Texts For Philosopher Edmund Burke Electronic texts search results for edmund burke. Provided by EpistemeLinks. http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/TextName.aspx?PhilCode=Burk

24. Edmund Burke : Oxford Biography Index Entry Paul Langford, ‘burke, edmund (1729/30–1797)’, first published Sept 2004, 21920 words. http//dx.doi.org/10.1093/refodnb/4019 http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101004019/

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25. Modern History Sourcebook: Edmund Burke: Speech In Commons On India, 1783 Modern History Sourcebook edmund burke Speech in Commons on India, 1783. Despite the act if 1773, there were still concerns about the administration of http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1783Burke-india.html

Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: Edmund Burke: Speech in Commons on India, 1783 Despite the act if 1773, there were still concerns about the administration of India. Source: Taken from From D. B. Horn and Mary Ransome, eds., English Historical Documents, 1714 1783 (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1957), pp. 821-822 This text is part of the Internet Modern History Sourcebook . The Sourcebook is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted texts for introductory level classes in modern European and World history. © Paul Halsall, July 1998 halsall@murray.fordham.edu

26. All That Is Necessary For The Triumph Of Evil Is That Good Men Do Nothing We don’t usually think of history as being shaped by silence, but, as English philosopher edmund burke said, ‘The only thing necessary for the triumph of http://tartarus.org/martin/essays/burkequote.html

(or words to that effect) A study of a Web quotation Martin Porter January 2002 The Henrik Hudson School District Library Media Centre provides a model essay for students which ends with the words, (this is a commonly known quote and does not need to be cited) http://www.lhric.org/henhud/library/RGModelPaper.html Unfortunately, however, everybody quotes it slightly differently. So in addition to, All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing http://www.hope-christian-fellowship.cityslide.com/pages/page.cfm/921086 http://www.keepandbeararms.com/information/XcIBViewItem.asp?ID=961 http://alohi.ucdavis.edu/~len/Fray/Bon_Mots/Archive/99_01.html http://clkoberg.com/9-11-01/perspectives.html you also find, All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing http://cedarproductions.com/azcc/Visitor.htm http://www.christianmedianews.org/index/editorials/kevin.htm http://www.cmf.org.uk/pubs/nucleus/nucjul98/editor.htm http://www.constitution.org/cons/quotes01.htm And as well as these, you find, All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing http://www.animalliberationfront.com/ALFront/ARActiv.htm

27. Edmund Burke's On The Sublime burke, On the Sublime, ed. J. T. Bolton. 58. In addition to the emphasis which he places on terror, burke is important because he explained the opposition http://www.victorianweb.org/philosophy/sublime/burke.html

Edmund Burke's On the Sublime George P. Landow, Professor of English and the History of Art , Brown University Victorian Web Home Religion Philosophy The Sublime dmund Burke, whose Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful was published in 1757, believed, however, that "terror is in all cases whatsoever . . . the ruling principle of the sublime" and, in keeping with his conception of a violently emotional sublime, his idea of astonishment, the effect which almost all theorists mentioned, was more violent than that of his predecessors: "The passion caused by the great and sublime in nature . . . is Astonishment; and astonishment is that state of the soul, in which all its motions are suspended, with some degree of horror. In this case the mind is so entirely filled with its object, that it cannot entertain any other." [Burke, On the Sublime , ed. J. T. Bolton. 58] Turner was probably the first to embody these views in painting. [Based upon Landow, The Aesthetic and Crirtical Theories of John Ruskin (Princeton UP, 1971).] Last modified 1988

28. The Edmund Burke Foundation The conservative edmund burke Stichting ( Foundation ), founded in December of 2000, aims to conserve the virtuous elements of Dutch society, and to restore http://www.burkestichting.nl/en/index.html

Welcome Conservatism About the foundation Organization ... Dutch version Investing in Ideas Mission and program The conservative Edmund Burke Stichting ("Foundation"), founded in December of 2000, aims to conserve the virtuous elements of Dutch society, and to restore those virtuous elements that have been lost. The foundation realizes its mission by focusing on: Publications (books, articles and reports) and media appearances to carry the central ideas of conservative thought to as wide an audience as possible and propagate these ideas. Conferences, master classes, summer schools and other programs for students, to spread conservative ideas among a growing group of members of the new generation. You can support this mission and our programs by becoming a donor of the Edmund Burke Foundation. "Change ideas, and you can change the course of history" We are committed and dedicated to a free and decent society of strong citizens, a strong civil society and a small but effective government. This group of people has found refuge at the Edmund Burke Foundation, the platform for the formation of conservative thought in The Netherlands. The Burke Foundation is free and independentfrom both the government and political parties. The Edmund Burke Foundation does not exist to transform interests into power; the Foundation believes in the power of ideas and in the importance of a healthy cultural-societal debate to future political decisions. Ideas-both good and bad ideas-have consequences.

29. Edmund Burke, Anarchist By Murray N. Rothbard In 1756 edmund burke published his first work Vindication of Natural Society. Curiously enough it has been almost completely ignored in the current burke http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard11.html

Home About Columnists Blog ... Donate Edmund Burke, Anarchist by Murray N. Rothbard by Murray N. Rothbard Published as "A Note on Burke’s Vindication of Natural Society " in the Journal of the History of Ideas , 19, 1 (January 1958), pp. 114-118. In 1756 Edmund Burke published his first work: Vindication of Natural Society . Curiously enough it has been almost completely ignored in the current Burke revival. This work contrasts sharply with Burke’s other writings, for it is hardly in keeping with the current image of the Father of the New Conservatism. A less conservative work could hardly be imagined; in fact, Burke’s Vindication was perhaps the first modern expression of rationalistic and individualistic anarchism. An Embarrassing Work for Conservatives It is well known that Burke spent the rest of his career battling for views diametrically opposite to those of his Vindication . His own belated explanation was that the Vindication was a satire on the views of rationalist Deists like Lord Bolingbroke, demonstrating that a devotion to reason and an attack on revealed religion can logically eventuate in a subversive attack on the principle of government itself. Burke’s host of biographers and followers have tended to adopt his explanation uncritically. Yet they hurry on and rarely mention his

30. The Edmund Burke Society This is the joint website of the edmund burke Society of America and the edmund burke Society, Great Britain. It is the home of their joint newsletter, http://www.kirkcenter.org/burke/index.html

Edmund Burke, Trinity College, Dublin Home The Edmund Burke Society of America The Edmund Burke Society, Great Britain Reflections Edmund Burke Research Resources Related Sites This is the joint website of the Edmund Burke Society of America and the Edmund Burke Society, Great Britain The links to the left lead to more information about the societies and their schedules, our joint newsletter Reflections , and the life and thought of Edmund Burke. The societies are dedicated to the study, interpretation, and application of the life and work of Edmund Burke. It is their guiding principle that the substance of Burke's political thought should remain the subject of vigorous discussion and debate, and that an interest in his thought and in its significance historically and for us today is sufficient qualification for association. Through their activities and publications, the societies seek to present the perennial insight and wisdom of Edmund Burke to a new generation as a salutary guide for action, reform, and renewal. This site is the preview for the forthcoming edmundburke.org, presently under construction. Watch for further developments.

31. Edmund Burke: Reflections On The Revolution In France edmund burke. 1790. IT MAY NOT BE UNNECESSARY to inform the reader that the following Reflections had their origin in a correspondence between the Author http://www.constitution.org/eb/rev_fran.htm

Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke I T MAY NOT BE UNNECESSARY to inform the reader that the following Reflections had their origin in a correspondence between the Author and a very young gentleman at Paris, who did him the honor of desiring his opinion upon the important transactions which then, and ever since, have so much occupied the attention of all men. An answer was written some time in the month of October 1789, but it was kept back upon prudential considerations. That letter is alluded to in the beginning of the following sheets. It has been since forwarded to the person to whom it was addressed. The reasons for the delay in sending it were assigned in a short letter to the same gentleman. This produced on his part a new and pressing application for the Author's sentiments. The Author began a second and more full discussion on the subject. This he had some thoughts of publishing early in the last spring; but, the matter gaining upon him, he found that what he had undertaken not only far exceeded the measure of a letter, but that its importance required rather a more detailed consideration than at that time he had any leisure to bestow upon it. However, having thrown down his first thoughts in the form of a letter, and, indeed, when he sat down to write, having intended it for a private letter, he found it difficult to change the form of address when his sentiments had grown into a greater extent and had received another direction. A different plan, he is sensible, might be more favorable to a commodious division and distribution of his matter.

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33. Edmund Burke Academy edmund burke Academy s educational goal is to provide the best possible education in a Christian environment conducive to learning. http://www.burkeacademy.org/

About Us History Our Mission Message from Headmaster ... Testimonies from Parents Welcome to Edmund Burke Academy Online Jan 25, 2008 Edmund Burke Academy's educational goal is to provide the best possible education in a Christian environment conducive to learning. Honesty, integrity, courtesy and respect for the rights of others are a way of life. Each day begins with devotionals, Bible reading, prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. EBA strives to build character, promote culture and increase knowledge. Click here to learn more about Edmund Burke Academy and what we can do for you. The new EBA Alumni cookbook "Spartan Delights" is now on sale!! $24.00 for 800 recipes - ALL proceeds will benefit technology needs for the school and the EBA Building Fund. Contact Kristy Smith at kristycolliersmith@yahoo.com if you would like to purchase one or call the school office. Please support your school by supporting this project! //new fadeshow(IMAGES_ARRAY_NAME, slideshow_width, slideshow_height, borderwidth, delay, pause (0=no, 1=yes), optionalRandomOrder) new fadeshow(fadeimages, 185, 143, 0, 3000, 1) Kindergarten/Primary Center Expansion These are exciting times for Edmund Burke Academy. Our facilities are at maximum capacity with an enrollment of 440 students. Additional classroom space is our most pressing current need. Replacing the aging portable classrooms and with future expansion in mind, the Board of Directors and Administration have planned for the addition of a new 9,250 square foot Kindergarten/Primary building, which will assure adequate space for both current and future needs.

34. Burke: Select Works Of Edmund Burke, Vol. 3, Letters On A Regicide Peace, Front This volume includes burke s four Letters on a Regicide Peace, his last published writings on the French Revolution and the policy toward it that he would http://www.econlib.org/LIBRARY/LFBooks/Burke/brkSWv3c0.html

Author: Burke, Edmund Title: Select Works of Edmund Burke Purchase: Liberty Fund Catalog Advanced Search VOLUME 3. LETTERS ON A REGICIDE PEACE Editor's Foreword by Francis Canavan This volume includes Burke's four Letters on a Regicide Peace, 3.F.1 As Payne says, there were contemporaries of Burke, "chiefly among the Foxite Whigs, who saw in the 'Reflections' the beginnings of a distorted view of things which in the 'Regicide Peace' letters culminated and amounted to lunacy." It is a criticism that has often been repeated since then: Burke's attack on the Revolution became simply hysterical. But Payne thinks otherwise and holds that in the letters Burke expressed "a far bolder, wider, more accurate view" than that expressed in the Reflections and wrote "as a statesman, a scholar, and a historical critic." The Letters on a Regicide Peace, he concludes, are entitled "to rank even before the 'Reflections,' and to be called the writer's masterpiece." 3.F.2 Nonetheless, Payne maintains that, although Burke was substantially right in his judgment of the French Republic under the Directory, he was wrong in his defense of the ancien régime as it existed not only in France but also throughout Europe. "That political system of Europe," he says, "which Burke loved so much, was rotten to the heart; and it was the destiny of French republicanism to begin the long task of breaking it up, crumbling it to dust, and scattering it to the winds. This is clear as the day to us." Without nostalgia for that political system, however, we may once again note a touch of nineteenth-century optimism in Payne's remark. For one could also point to the difficulty France has had in establishing a stable democratic regime. One might also agree that the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the following years destroyed a system that was rotten to the heart and deserved to perish. But are we willing to assign a historical destiny to Leninism and Stalinism? Our experience with revolutions in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries suggests that we should maintain a certain caution about historical destiny and the ideologies that foster belief in it.

35. Reflections On The Revolution Of France The reflections of edmund burke upon the French Revolution. http://www.ourcivilisation.com/burke/

Reflections On The Revolution Of France And On The Proceedings In Certain Societies In London Relative To That Event In A Letter Intended To Have Been Sent To A Gentleman In Paris by Edmund Burke Prologue Part I. Part II. ... Home

36. Edmund Burke Quotes 104 quotes and quotations by edmund burke. edmund burke Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/edmund_burke.html

Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog - it's EASY! Home Quote Topics Quote Keywords ... Author Nationalities Authors: A B C D ... Z Web brainyquote.com Edmund Burke Quotes Type: Statesman Quotes Category: Irish Statesman Quotes Date of Birth: January 12 Date of Death: July 9 Nationality: Irish Find on Amazon: Edmund Burke Related Authors: Marcus Tullius Cicero Lucius Annaeus Seneca Winston Churchill Benjamin Disraeli ... Morning Star A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman. Edmund Burke A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. Edmund Burke A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation. Edmund Burke All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. Edmund Burke All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice. Edmund Burke All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

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38. Edmund Burke Quote - Quotation From Edmund Burke - Action Quote - Evil Quote - G edmund burke quotation - part of a larger collection of Wisdom Quotes to challenge and inspire. http://www.wisdomquotes.com/000896.html

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39. Mallow Cork Ireland Famous People :: A biography provided by the town of Mallow, Ireland, which claims to be his birthplace. http://www.mallow.ie/tourism/famous_people/edburke.php

FAMOUS PEOPLE William O' Brien Edmund Burke Thomas Davis Thomas P. O'Neill Nano Nagle Canon Sheehan Edmund Burke All Burke's biographers, from James Prior in 1826 to Stanley Alyling in 1988, state that Edmund Burke was born in Dublin and that his father, an attorney, Richard Burke, was a Protestant and his mother, born Mary Nagle, a Catholic. The date of birth is now believed to have been New Year's Day, 1729. It is not certain that he was born in the Blackwater Valley. The fact that his sister's baptism is recorded in Castletownroche has raised Co. Cork suspicions. At the age of six, he was sent by his parents to live with his maternal uncle, Patrick Nagle, in Ballyduff. It is said that he was sent there as a child for the sake of his health and indeed he was a sickly child and the city of Dublin in the eighteenth century was an unhealthy place. He spent the next five years in Ballyduff. During this time he attended the local hedge-school. Here he was taught by the schoolmaster, Mr. O'Halloran. This school was under the walls of the ruined castle of Monanimy. Burke was a cousin and contemporary of Nano Nagle, the foundress of the Presentation Order of Nuns. At the age of 12, in 1741, Burke went to boarding school in Ballintore, Co. Kildare. In April 1744 Burke sat successfully for entrance to Trinity College, Dublin. Burke's University career was distinguished. He became a scholar of the House in his senior Freshman year in 1746. Between then and taking his degree in January 1748, and for a short time after that, he busied himself to some purpose with the debating club, which he founded, and with a miscellany paper, "The Reformer" which he also founded and largely wrote. There is very little known about Burke's life for the nine years after his graduation in January 1748.

40. Edmund Burke - On The Death Of Marie Antoinette edmund burke (17291797) was born in Dublin, Ireland, and was elected to the British Parliament. He gave many great speeches which have become classics. http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/burke.htm

Edmund Burke (1729-1797) was born in Dublin, Ireland, and was elected to the British Parliament. He gave many great speeches which have become classics. The French Revolution of 1789 brought a violent end to the French monarchy and resulted in a reign of terror that included the systematic murder of persons of royal ancestry, including the beheading of the Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, in October, 1793. Burke became an outspoken critic of the excesses of the French Revolution and in this brief speech laments the death of the Queen and the passing of an era. It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like the morning star full of life and splendor and joy. 0h, what a revolution! and what a heart must I have, to contemplate without emotion that elevation and that fall! Little did I dream, when she added titles of veneration to those of enthusiastic, distant, respectful love, that she should ever be obliged to carry the sharp antidote against disgrace concealed in that bosom; little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor, and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult.

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