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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 4412 |
| AUTHOR: | Edmund Burke (1729–1797) |
| QUOTATION: | All government,—indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act,—is founded on compromise and barter. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Speech on the Conciliation of America. Vol. ii. p. 169. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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