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" It is the duty of those who claim to rule over others not to provoke them beyond the necessity of the case, nor to leave stings in their minds which must long rankle even when the appearance of tranquillity is restored. "

Edmund Burke , The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12)


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Edmund Burke quote : It is the duty of those who claim to rule over others not to provoke them beyond the necessity of the case, nor to leave stings in their minds which must long rankle even when the appearance of tranquillity is restored.