Burke held religion as the foundation of civil government and law

Evidence

Edmund Burke (1729–97) was a British statesman, orator and political thinker of Irish origin. A staunch supporter of the American Revolution, he opposed the French Revolution in his work Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790). Ambedkar cites him often, especially during his interventions at the Round Table Conference (see Das 2010b). Though the source of this quotation has been difficult to trace, a fuller version of it has been widely cited. See O’Brien (1947, 191): “True religion is the foundation of society, the basis on which all true Civil Government rests and from which power derives its authority, laws their efficacy, and both their sanction. If it is once shaken by contempt, the whole fabric cannot be stable or lasting.” — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1178

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Ambedkar’s repeated Burke citations at the Round Table Conference, part of his constitutionalist tactics. — connects to: Strong secular rule of law sustains trust and cooperation without religion; Secular government functions as a continuation of religious authority by other means — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 564
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Strong secular rule of law sustains trust and cooperation without religion; Secular government functions as a continuation of religious authority by other means — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 564