John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4404 Edmund Burke 1729-1797 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4404 |
| AUTHOR: | Edmund Burke (1729–1797) |
| QUOTATION: | There is America, which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners, yet shall, before you taste of death, show itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Speech on the Conciliation of America. Vol. ii. p. 115. |