John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4409 Edmund Burke 1729-1797 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4409 |
| AUTHOR: | Edmund Burke (1729–1797) |
| QUOTATION: | The religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principles of resistance: it is the dissidence of dissent, and the protestantism of the Protestant religion. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Speech on the Conciliation of America. Vol. ii. p. 123. |