Oppression makes wise men mad; but the distemper is still the madness of the wise, which is better than the sobriety of fools.


The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Collected in Three Volumes. Vol. I.[-III.]. (ed. 1802)

Edmund Burke Quotes

Oppression makes wise men mad; but the distemper is still the madness of the wise, which is better than the sobriety of fools.

Oppression makes wise men mad; but the distemper is still the madness of the wise, which is better than the sobriety of fools.

Oppression makes wise men mad; but the distemper is still the madness of the wise, which is better than the sobriety of fools.

Oppression makes wise men mad; but the distemper is still the madness of the wise, which is better than the sobriety of fools.