--- title: "1 Burke Quotes By Douglas Murray" description: "1 Burke quotes by Douglas Murray. Plus more from Douglas Murray and more Burke sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/douglas-murray-12950_civilization_they-may-have-for-instance-taken-the-vie_1240371.jpg" --- > [ “\[They\] may have for instance taken the view of Edmund Burke, who in the 18th century made the central conservative insight; that a culture and a society are not things run for the convenience of the people who happen to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-murray/they-may-have-for-instance-taken-the-view-of-edmund-burke-who-in-the/) [Douglas Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-murray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/douglas-murray-12950_civilization_they-may-have-for-instance-taken-the-vie_1240371.jpg) ## More by Douglas Murray > [“The same uneven application of values applies in the weird worlds of academia and the think tanks. Like the media, they choose to close…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-murray/the-same-uneven-application-of-values-applies-in-the-weird-worlds-of/) [Douglas Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-murray/) > [“Nevertheless, although modern European guilt is currently described as though it is a terminal condition, there is no certainty that it will be. Will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-murray/nevertheless-although-modern-european-guilt-is-currently-described-as/) [Douglas Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-murray/) > [“But under President Obama, as much as under his predecessor, the continuing call to celebrate Islam rather than any other religion – like Christianity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-murray/but-under-president-obama-as-much-as-under-his-predecessor-the/) [Douglas Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-murray/) > [ISIS may seem un-Islamic to President Obama, but to anybody who has read Islam's core texts, it might appear to be a fairly straightforward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-murray/isis-may-seem-un-islamic-to-president-obama-but-to-anybody-who-has/) [Douglas Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-murray/) > [Fanaticism is at its very strongest when it has political or, better still, religious motivation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-murray/fanaticism-is-at-its-very-strongest-when-it-has-political-or-better/) [Douglas Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-murray/) > [“growth solely accounted for by immigration – led to the usual strains”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-murray/growth-solely-accounted-for-by-immigration-led-to-the-usual-strains/) [Douglas Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-murray/) > [Fanatics end by subverting their own argument. For instance, animal rights activists have some point, and many people feel sympathy with them. But animal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-murray/fanatics-end-by-subverting-their-own-argument-for-instance-animal/) [Douglas Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-murray/) > [“By 2015 more British Muslims were fighting for Isis than for the British armed forces.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-murray/by-2015-more-british-muslims-were-fighting-for-isis-than-for-the/) [Douglas Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-murray/) > [“Sad to say, this Islamophilia problem does not occur only at the low-ranking level of Director of the CIA. But at least you’ve always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-murray/sad-to-say-this-islamophilia-problem-does-not-occur-only-at-the-low/) [Douglas Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-murray/) > [“Islamophilia’. And it has gripped the Western world. It could be defined as the expression of disproportionate adoration of Islam. I don’t say –…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-murray/islamophilia-and-it-has-gripped-the-western-world-it-could-be-defined/) [Douglas Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-murray/) > [“And so all the time the European brain has held onto two contradictory things. The first is the dominant established narrative of a generation:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-murray/and-so-all-the-time-the-european-brain-has-held-onto-two/) [Douglas Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-murray/) > [“Such visible failure and a sense of lost moorings can be – for the individual as for society – not only a cause for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-murray/such-visible-failure-and-a-sense-of-lost-moorings-can-be-for-the/) [Douglas Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-murray/) > [“The problem for US officials is the same problem that filters through all the other sections of our societies. It goes something like this.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-murray/the-problem-for-us-officials-is-the-same-problem-that-filters-through/) [Douglas Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-murray/) > [“On 11 September 2012 crowds of friendly locals in Kabul, Afghanistan, were chanting the usual ‘Death to America’ slogans. At the same time American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-murray/on-11-september-2012-crowds-of-friendly-locals-in-kabul-afghanistan/) [Douglas Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-murray/) > [“To immerse oneself in popular culture for any length of time is to wallow in an almost unbearable shallowness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-murray/to-immerse-oneself-in-popular-culture-for-any-length-of-time-is-to/) [Douglas Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-murray/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/burke/douglas-murray/#itemlist", "name": "1 Burke Quotes By Douglas Murray", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“[They] may have for instance taken the view of Edmund Burke, who in the 18th century made the central conservative insight; that a culture and a society are not things run for the convenience of the people who happen to be here right now, but is a deep pact between the dead, the living, and those yet to be born.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Douglas Murray" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-murray/they-may-have-for-instance-taken-the-view-of-edmund-burke-who-in-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/douglas-murray-12950_civilization_they-may-have-for-instance-taken-the-vie_1240371.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/douglas-murray-12950_civilization_they-may-have-for-instance-taken-the-vie_1240371.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/douglas-murray-12950_civilization_they-may-have-for-instance-taken-the-vie_1240371.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[They] may have for instance taken the view of Edmund Burke, who in the 18th century made the central…” — Douglas Murray", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/burke/douglas-murray/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/burke/douglas-murray/", "name": "Burke Quotes by Douglas Murray", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/burke/douglas-murray/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/douglas-murray-12950_civilization_they-may-have-for-instance-taken-the-vie_1240371.jpg" }, "description": "1 Burke quotes by Douglas Murray. 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