| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 816 |
| AUTHOR: | Edmund Burke (172997) |
| QUOTATION: | Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | EDMUND BURKE, speech on American taxation, House of Commons, April 19, 1774.The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, vol. 2, p. 65 (1899). |
| SUBJECTS: | Greatness |
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