John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4427 Edmund Burke 1729-1797 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4427 |
| AUTHOR: | Edmund Burke (1729–1797) |
| QUOTATION: | To execute laws is a royal office; to execute orders is not to be a king. However, a political executive magistracy, though merely such, is a great trust. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Reflections on the Revolution in France. Vol. iii. p. 497. |
| Note 1. See Appendix, Quotation 45. [back] |