John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4435 Edmund Burke 1729-1797 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4435 |
| AUTHOR: | Edmund Burke (1729–1797) |
| QUOTATION: | There never was a bad man that had ability for good service. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Speech in opening the Impeachment of Warren Hastings, Third Day. Vol. x. p. 54. |