Instructions for Politicians: The Best of Edmund Burke

Publisher’s description:
Edmund Burke (1729-1797) was an Irishman, born in Dublin, who lived in England from his youth until his death. He was a parliamentarian for twenty-nine years, from 1765 to 1794. This was a time of alarms and revolutions: the American Revolution and the French Revolution.

Burke was a political empiricist: he wanted to see, to feel, to investigate for himself, to see what was already being done in each specific set of circumstances. It was necessary to have a sympathetic, thorough familiarity with matters before suggesting any gradual amendments to particular arrangements. He wanted to maintain all that had been attained and then to augment it rather than destroy it in the hope, always forlorn, of a totally new system.

Editor: Gary Furnell

Publisher: Connor Court Publishing Pty Ltd

Format: Paperback

Pages: 154

Published: 2 April 2024

ISBN: 2145489478897