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British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)

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Buffett's connection to the Burke family goes back a number of years.
Reuters
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But a former Speaker, Kerry Burke, said he'd done the right thing.
Radio NZ
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But Burke said a similar article appeared before every national Labor conference.
The Guardian
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I thought maybe the story was just simply too big, Burke said.
Reuters
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Mr Burke left it in 2010 and formed Munster Survivors Support Services.
The Irish Times
Usage of Edmund Burke in English
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The words of the famous Irish parliamentarian, Edmund Burke, come to mind.
The Irish Times
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What did Edmund Burke tell Parliament in 'seventy-five about our whalers, hey!
Java Head
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To Bath came two Irishmen, Edmund Burke and Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 / Little J...
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With his friend Edmund Burke, Lord Charlemont maintained a close correspondence.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
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On the left, as you face the entrance, stands Edmund Burke.
The Irish Times
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The words of Edmund Burke in the 18th century are no less relevant today.
The Irish Times
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I agree, of course, it depends on which Edmund Burke you are talking about.
The Irish Times
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Tom Paine has triumphed over Edmund Burke; and the swine are now courted electors.
Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy
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There was the same joyousness of nature about Edmund Burke.
Character
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These men were Jean Jacques Rousseau and Edmund Burke,-oneSwiss, and the other English.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13: Great Writers / Dr Lord's U...
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That poet concludes his ironical eulogium on Edmund Burke, thus:-
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13,...
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In 1834 he lectured on Michael Angelo, Milton, Luther, George Fox, and Edmund Burke.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
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Thus, one might say of Mr. Edmund Burke, He is a very wonderful man.
Boswell's Life of Johnson / Abridged and edited, with an introdu...
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Causes for the American Spirit of Liberty (by Edmund Burke) 3.
The Century Vocabulary Builder
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Compare that with, say, the oft-ignored statue of Edmund Burke in the centre of Bristol.
The Guardian
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These are Horace Walpole, (Lord Orford,) Edmund Burke, and Oliver Goldsmith.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 / A Magazine ...
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