Edmund Burke (1729–1797) is acclaimed today as one of the originators of modern political conservatism ... considered exemplary as a statement of conservative principles. However, there is ...

Prophet” but then rereleased in the United States under the pithier “Edmund Burke: The First Conservative.” As Norman tells it, Burke was a thinker and politician who rejected the demands of ...

Norman’s own study, Edmund Burke: The First Conservative, published in 2013 ... sharpening the focus on political parties and representation, and contrasting his subject’s elevating ...

In 1790, the Irishman Edmund Burke authored Reflections ... a positive ideal—liberty. "Conservative," much like "progressive," names only an attitude about political change over time.

Edmund Burke may be the Conservatives’ philosopher king – but his thinking was more fickle than Tories seem to realise. By Samuel Earle On 16 May, at the National Conservatism conference in London, ...