When a great man has some one object in view to be achieved in a given…

Edmund Burke
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When a great man has some one object in view to be achieved in a given time, it may be absolutely necessary for him to walk out of all the common roads. ✨ Edmund Burke (1853). The speeches of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: with memoir and historical introductions, p.213
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When a great man has some one object in view to be achieved in a given time, it may be absolutely necessary for him to walk out of all the common roads. ✨ Edmund Burke (1853). The speeches of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: with memoir and historical introductions, p.213

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