Selections from WikiQuote bearing on the actions of the Bush Administration, on impeachment, and on the responsibilities of the public and of politicians. Associating these quotations with the corresponding modern issue is left as an exercise for the reader, who is welcome to create a page in this Wiki to discuss the matter. Edmund Burke (1729-1797) was an Irish political philosopher, Whig politician, and statesman; he is regarded by many as the "father" of modern conservatism, but today he would be a lousy liberal.