“ men to whom personal poverty is honor, and implicit obedience stands in the place of freedom. ”
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790). copy citation
| Author | Edmund Burke |
|---|---|
| Source | Reflections on the Revolution in France |
| Topic | obedience poverty |
| Date | 1790 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | |
| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Reflections_on_the_Revolution_in_France |
Context
“apart and dedicated to public purposes, without any other than public ties
and public principles; men without the possibility of converting the estate
of the community into a private fortune; men denied to self-interests,
whose avarice is for some community; men to whom personal poverty is honor,
and implicit obedience stands in the place of freedom. In vain shall a man
look to the possibility of making such things when he wants them. The winds
blow as they list. These institutions are the products of enthusiasm; they
are the instruments of wisdom.”
source
