The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... direct the state ; but I should be ashamed to make myself one of a noisy multitude to halloo and hearten them into doubtful and dangerous courses . A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood . He would feel some appre ...
... direct the state ; but I should be ashamed to make myself one of a noisy multitude to halloo and hearten them into doubtful and dangerous courses . A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood . He would feel some appre ...
Page 63
... prove , that an early dereliction of abuse is the direct interest of govern ment ; of government taken abstractedly from its duties , and considered merely as a system intending its own con- SPEECH ON THE ECONOMICAL REFORM . 63.
... prove , that an early dereliction of abuse is the direct interest of govern ment ; of government taken abstractedly from its duties , and considered merely as a system intending its own con- SPEECH ON THE ECONOMICAL REFORM . 63.
Page 87
... direct interest in the proper execution of the business . To avoid frittering and crumbling down the attention by a blind , unsystematic observance of every trifle , it has ever been found the best way to do all things which are great ...
... direct interest in the proper execution of the business . To avoid frittering and crumbling down the attention by a blind , unsystematic observance of every trifle , it has ever been found the best way to do all things which are great ...
Page 103
... direct title in their stead ? I allow that in some cases it leads to abuse ; to have things appointed for one purpose and ap- plied to another . I have no great objection to such a change : but I do not think it quite prudent for me to ...
... direct title in their stead ? I allow that in some cases it leads to abuse ; to have things appointed for one purpose and ap- plied to another . I have no great objection to such a change : but I do not think it quite prudent for me to ...
Page 106
... direct purposes of the state , I admit that they are of no use at all . But there are many things in the constitution of establishments , which appear of little value on the first view , which , in a secondary and oblique manner ...
... direct purposes of the state , I admit that they are of no use at all . But there are many things in the constitution of establishments , which appear of little value on the first view , which , in a secondary and oblique manner ...
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