The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... political expediency . Your act of 1767 asserts that it is expedient to raise a revenue in America ; your act of 1769 , which takes away that revenue , contradicts the act of 1767 , and , by some- thing much stronger than words ...
... political expediency . Your act of 1767 asserts that it is expedient to raise a revenue in America ; your act of 1769 , which takes away that revenue , contradicts the act of 1767 , and , by some- thing much stronger than words ...
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... political principle . The general declaration in the letter goes to the whole of it . You must therefore either aban- don the scheme of taxing , or you must send the ministers tarred and feathered to America , who dared to hold out the ...
... political principle . The general declaration in the letter goes to the whole of it . You must therefore either aban- don the scheme of taxing , or you must send the ministers tarred and feathered to America , who dared to hold out the ...
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... political , not commercial . The repeal was made , as Lord Hillsborough's letter well expresses it , to regain " the confidence and affection of the colo- nies , on which the glory and safety of the British em- pire depend . " A wise ...
... political , not commercial . The repeal was made , as Lord Hillsborough's letter well expresses it , to regain " the confidence and affection of the colo- nies , on which the glory and safety of the British em- pire depend . " A wise ...
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... politics of a court , but to win his way to power through the labo- rious gradations of public service , and to secure him- self a well - earned rank in Parliament by a thorough knowledge of its constitution and perfect practice in all ...
... politics of a court , but to win his way to power through the labo- rious gradations of public service , and to secure him- self a well - earned rank in Parliament by a thorough knowledge of its constitution and perfect practice in all ...
Page 47
... . The other principle was , that taxes of this kind were contrary to the fundamental princi- ples of commerce on which the colonies were founded , and contrary to every idea of political equity , - SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION . 47.
... . The other principle was , that taxes of this kind were contrary to the fundamental princi- ples of commerce on which the colonies were founded , and contrary to every idea of political equity , - SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION . 47.
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