Burke is so great because, almost alone in England, he brings thought to bear upon politics, he saturates politics with thought.

There is the world of ideas and there is the world of practice; the French are often for suppressing the one and the English the other; but neither is to be su…

The notion of the free play of the mind upon all subjects being a pleasure in itself, being an object of desire, being an essential provider of elements withou…

Critical power...tends to make an intellectual situation of which the creative power can profitably avail itself. It tends to establish an order of ideas, if n…

Politics and the fate of mankind are formed by men without ideals and without greatness. Those who have greatness within them do not go in for politics.

Nie chce, ale musze. (often written Nie chcem, ale muszem. to underline the accent)

Canada's position was Saddam Hussein should be disarmed. Now, to be quite honest, I had a lot of difficulty understanding how he was going to be disarmed witho…