The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir, Հատոր 1G. Dearborn, 1835 |
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... whilst they oppose every system , are wisely careful never to set up any of their own . If some in- accuracies in calculation , in reasoning , or in method , be found , perhaps these will not be looked upon as faults by the admirers of ...
... whilst they oppose every system , are wisely careful never to set up any of their own . If some in- accuracies in calculation , in reasoning , or in method , be found , perhaps these will not be looked upon as faults by the admirers of ...
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... whilst the real productive cause of all this superstitious folly , enthusi- astical nonsense , and holy tyranny , holds a reverend place in the estimation even of those who are otherwise enlightened . Civil government borrows a strength ...
... whilst the real productive cause of all this superstitious folly , enthusi- astical nonsense , and holy tyranny , holds a reverend place in the estimation even of those who are otherwise enlightened . Civil government borrows a strength ...
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... whilst in its infancy , began by an effu- sion of human blood scarcely credible . The neighbouring little states teemed for new de- struction : the Sabines , the Samnites , the Equi , the Volsci , the Hetrurians , were broken by a ...
... whilst in its infancy , began by an effu- sion of human blood scarcely credible . The neighbouring little states teemed for new de- struction : the Sabines , the Samnites , the Equi , the Volsci , the Hetrurians , were broken by a ...
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... whilst he persuades the prince , that those murmurs , raised by his own oppression are the effects of disaffection to the prince's government . Then is the natural vio- lence of despotism inflamed , and aggravated by hatred and revenge ...
... whilst he persuades the prince , that those murmurs , raised by his own oppression are the effects of disaffection to the prince's government . Then is the natural vio- lence of despotism inflamed , and aggravated by hatred and revenge ...
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... whilst the business of government should be carrying on , the question is , Who has a right to exercise this or that function of it , or what men have power to keep their offices in any function ? Whilst this contest continues , and whilst ...
... whilst the business of government should be carrying on , the question is , Who has a right to exercise this or that function of it , or what men have power to keep their offices in any function ? Whilst this contest continues , and whilst ...
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Էջ xii - Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests ; which interests each must maintain, as an agent and advocate, against other agents and advocates ; but parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole ; where, not local purposes, not local prejudices ought to guide, but the general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole.
Էջ 479 - It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
Էջ 246 - As long as you have the wisdom to keep the sovereign authority of this country as the sanctuary of liberty, the sacred temple consecrated to our common faith, wherever the chosen race and sons of England worship freedom, they will turn their faces towards you.
Էջ 246 - My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government; they will cling and grapple to you, and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance.
Էջ 488 - As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.
Էջ 226 - First, sir, permit me to observe that the use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment, but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again, and a nation is not governed which is perpetually to be conquered.
Էջ xxix - Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he; Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Էջ 478 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles ; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision.
Էջ 228 - Three thousand miles of ocean lie between you and them. No contrivance can prevent the effect of this distance in weakening government. . Seas roll, and months pass, between the order and the execution ; and the want of a speedy explanation of a single point is enough to defeat a whole system.
Էջ 219 - Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents. Their wishes ought to have great weight with him ; their opinion high respect ; their business unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasure, his satisfactions, to theirs ; and, above all, ever, and in all cases, to prefer their interest to his own.