July 9

Edmund Burke died on the 9th in 1797. He was an Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher probably best known for the quote "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing". The unfortunate truth, however, is that nowhere in Burke’s work or the records of his speeches does that line appear. He was however, a source of good quotes though not always ones with an optimistic view of the world in which he lived. Consider this: "But the age of chivalry is gone. - That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever." Yikes! He had been born on January 12, 1729.