Authors:
Quotes › Authors › E › Edmund Burke › Justice is itself the great standing...

  • Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.

    Edmund Burke
    Favorite
    Edmund Burke (1790). “Reflections on the Revolution in France: And on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. In a Letter Intended to Have Been Sent to a Gentleman in Paris”, p.230
    Departure Quotes

Topics

create your own picture
Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all. - Edmund Burke
Embed:
Cite this Page: Citation

Popular Topics

Related Authors