Reflections On the Revolution In France

What did Edmund Burke in Reflections on the Revolution have to say about the French Revolution?

How accurate was he in predicting what eventually happened?

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Here are two important quotes:

"People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors."

"But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint."

These two quotes obviously represent a negative view of the French Revolution--especially regarding its unwillingness to view traditional virtues with any esteem. Depending on one's point of view, it is definitely possible to read the French Revolution as an example of such reckless cultural behavior.

He was against it and predicted it will arise dictators, which happened

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