| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Burke, Edmund |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  bûrk |
| DATES: | 1729–1797 |
| Irish-born British politician and writer. Famous for his oratory, he pleaded the cause of the American colonists in Parliament and was instrumental in developing the notions of party responsibility and a loyal opposition within the parliamentary system. His major work, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), voices his opposition to the excesses of the French experience.
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