Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
•“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”
•Simplistic concepts such as “liberty, equality, fraternity” endangered the public order (religion and tradition), which is the foundation of all good things.
•Burke criticized extreme impatience of those glorified revolution.
The science of good government—how to run, maintain, or reform it—could not be acquired overnight; rather, it was accumulated, natured, cherished, and above all, transmitted from generation to generation