Edmund Burke Quote

If any ask me what a free Government is, I answer, that, for any practical purpose, it is what the people think so, — and that they, and not I, are the natural, lawful, and competent judges of this matter.

Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol (1777)

If any ask me what a free Government is, I answer, that, for any practical purpose, it is what the people think so, — and that they, and not I, are ...

If any ask me what a free Government is, I answer, that, for any practical purpose, it is what the people think so, — and that they, and not I, are ...

If any ask me what a free Government is, I answer, that, for any practical purpose, it is what the people think so, — and that they, and not I, are ...

If any ask me what a free Government is, I answer, that, for any practical purpose, it is what the people think so, — and that they, and not I, are ...