I feel an insuperable reluctance in giving my hand to destroy any established institution of government, upon a theory, however plausible it may be.


in the House of Commons on Fox's East India Bill, 1 December 1783

Edmund Burke Quotes

I feel an insuperable reluctance in giving my hand to destroy any established institution of government, upon a theory, however plausible it may be.

I feel an insuperable reluctance in giving my hand to destroy any established institution of government, upon a theory, however plausible it may be.

I feel an insuperable reluctance in giving my hand to destroy any established institution of government, upon a theory, however plausible it may be.

I feel an insuperable reluctance in giving my hand to destroy any established institution of government, upon a theory, however plausible it may be.