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 | “A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.” ―Edmund Burke Source/Notes: Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and Speeches (1963 edition), Transaction Publishers - ISBN: 9781412822220 |
| Source/Notes: Works of Edmund Burke in Twelve Volumes (Mobi Collected Works) (2009 edition), MobileReference - ISBN: 9781607783749 |
| Source/Notes: Speech on the Middlesex Election, 1771 |
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Edmund Burke
Born: January 12, 1729
Died: July 9, 1797 (aged 68)
Nationality: Irish
Occupation: Statesman
Bio: Edmund Burke was an Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher who, after moving to England, served for many years in the House of Commons of Great Britain as a member of the Whig party.
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