In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature.
Edmund BurkeAbout author
- Author's profession: Statesman
- Nationality: irish
- Born: January 12, 1729
- Died: July 9, 1797
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