# Burke — What’s Wrong with the World character guide

> Burke in What’s Wrong with the World by G. K. Chesterton.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Edmund Burke

**First appearance:** 0001-what-s-wrong-with-the-world

## Who they are

The statesman and philosopher, cited as a conservative thinker on property and tradition.

## Relationships

### [Robespierre](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/robespierre)

_rivalry_

Burke and Robespierre represent opposing revolutionary and conservative ideologies in direct conflict.

## In the story

### [IX: History of Hudge and Gudge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/chapters/ix-history-of-hudge-and-gudge)

Quoted for his remark that 'an Englishman's house is his castle,' which Chesterton calls entertaining but false.

### [X: The Case for the Public Schools](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/chapters/x-the-case-for-the-public-schools)

Referenced as 'the one great, wise Englishman of the eighteenth century' who said that if a man lost physical courage he could never be sure of keeping any other.

### [I: The Empire of the Insect](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/chapters/i-the-empire-of-the-insect)

Described as an 'iron evolutionist' who argued against the French Revolution using the modern argument of scientific relativity, standing for atheistic attitude.

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