The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... authority in the nation . Everything proposed against America is supposed of course to be in favour of Great Britain . Good and ill success are equally admitted as reasons for persevering in the present methods . Several very prudent ...
... authority in the nation . Everything proposed against America is supposed of course to be in favour of Great Britain . Good and ill success are equally admitted as reasons for persevering in the present methods . Several very prudent ...
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... authority . The events of this war are of so much greater magnitude than those who either wished or feared it ever looked for , that this alone ought to fill every considerate mind with anxiety and diffidence . Wise men often tremble at ...
... authority . The events of this war are of so much greater magnitude than those who either wished or feared it ever looked for , that this alone ought to fill every considerate mind with anxiety and diffidence . Wise men often tremble at ...
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... authority as not to allow , that the hostile mind of the rulers to their people did fully justify a change of government ; nor can any reason what- ever be given , why one people should voluntarily yield any degree of pre - eminence to ...
... authority as not to allow , that the hostile mind of the rulers to their people did fully justify a change of government ; nor can any reason what- ever be given , why one people should voluntarily yield any degree of pre - eminence to ...
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... authority of parliament , I shall never admit that our constitutional rights can ever become a matter of ministerial negotiation . I am charged with being an American . If warm affection towards those over whom I claim any share of ...
... authority of parliament , I shall never admit that our constitutional rights can ever become a matter of ministerial negotiation . I am charged with being an American . If warm affection towards those over whom I claim any share of ...
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... authority perfect and entire as I found it and to keep it so , not for our advantage solely ; but principally for the sake of those , on whose account all just authority exists ; I mean the people to be governed . For I thought I saw ...
... authority perfect and entire as I found it and to keep it so , not for our advantage solely ; but principally for the sake of those , on whose account all just authority exists ; I mean the people to be governed . For I thought I saw ...
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