Edmund Burke
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people
who don’t actually believe in the concept of the common good—the Ayn Rand disciples who believe society is only about individualism and we have no common life together ... But there are others who heed the wisdom of Edmund Burke, for example, and believe in a healthy life together.More quotes »
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Edmund Burke: Philosopher, Politician, Prophet, By Jesse Norman William
Conservatism is in deep crisis. The Euro referendum battles ricocheting through Westminster are a side-show. The crisis is of a wholly different order; profound, indeed existential. Margaret Thatcher quite brilliantly held together the tensions between t from The Independent Read more »
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Review: ‘Edmund Burke’, By Jesse Norman | John Gray | New Statesman | 16th May 2013
Warren Hastings, the Governor General of India, under attack from Edmund Burke shooting at Hasting's shield. Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images Citing Edmund Burke’s view according to which “The temper of the people amongst whom he presides ought to be from The Browser Read more »
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UK committed Ein El Zeytoun massacre
The Zionist regime of Israel was installed through a well-planned British conspiracy on May 15, 1948. Jafar M. Ramini, a Palestinian historian believes the day of catastrophe is a “Made in Britain” phenomenon actually launched in 1840. Ramini has written from Press TV Read more »
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Richard Bangs: Bring Adventure Back to Europe
A Keynote to The European Travel Commission, May 2013 I once ran with the bulls of Pamplona... by mistake, involuntarily. I was at Microsoft, where we were developing a new travel product that would become Expedia, and we had the idea to use a new web te from The Huffington Post Read more »
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The origins of globalisation
The historian David Armitage argues that the foundations of our modern “globalised” world were set in 17th and 18th centuries Concepts exist to organise and explain the world, but they often disintegrate in the face of reality. Take the bombings in Bosto from Prospect Magazine Read more »
