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Quotation from Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke
“A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.”
Reflections on the Revolution in France, Early pages, on the Revolution of 1688 and the Act of Settlement (Nimmo edition of Burke's Works, vol. 3, Project Gutenberg text)
Burke argues that the English made a limited change in 1688 precisely in order to preserve their constitution.
Citation: "A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation." — Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Early pages, on the Revolution of 1688 and the Act of Settlement (Nimmo edition of Burke's Works, vol. 3, Project Gutenberg text). (id reflections-on-the-revolution-in-france-q1)
Portrait: BurkeReflections, Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Public domain.
