Edmund Burke (January 12, 1729 - July 9, 1797) was an Irish statesman born in Dublin; author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher, who, after moving to England, served for many years in the House of Commons of Great Britain. He was a member of the Whig party. Burke is regarded by most political historians in the English-speaking world as the father of modern English conservatism. He held that the limits of government should be: "That the State...