"The wisdom of our ancestors."
— Edmund Burke
January 1, 1970
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Members of the Parliament of Great Britain
Philosophers from Ireland
Politicians from Ireland
People from Dublin
Anglicans
Original Language: English
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Burke is credited by some with the first use of this phrase, in Observations on a Late Publication on Present State of the Nation (1769), p. 516; also in Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents (1770) and Discussion on the Traitorous Correspondence Bill (1793)
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Burke is credited by some with the first use of this phrase, in Observations on a Late Publication on Present State of the Nation (1769), p. 516; also in Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents (1770) and Discussion on the Traitorous Correspondence Bill (1793)