Comments for Quote of the day at http://www.adamsmith.org , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.adamsmith.org Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:34:54 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/misc/quote-of-the-day-200807051650/#comment-544 I find that these words were written by the Irish (British) politician and philosopher, to the Sheriffs of Bristol in 1777. He died in 1797. Though these words are clearly just the sort of thing he would have said or written, your dating of the quotation as 1899 had me searching franticly, though only briefly, for another, later, Edmund Burke of equivalent brilliance and view. Best regards - Nigel Sedgwick Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:43:54 +0100