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 Burke
   
Edmund Burke   Name:
Edmund Burke
Type:
Statesman
Nationality:
Irish
Birth:
January 12, 1729
Death:
July 9, 1797
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