The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... men into a state of slavery and court dependence ; since their liberty of conscience . and their power of executing their functions depend entirely on his will . I would have no man 26 SPEECH ON RELIEF OF PROTESTANT DISSENTERS .
... men into a state of slavery and court dependence ; since their liberty of conscience . and their power of executing their functions depend entirely on his will . I would have no man 26 SPEECH ON RELIEF OF PROTESTANT DISSENTERS .
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Edmund Burke. entirely on his will . I would have no man derive his means of continuing any function , or his being restrained from it , but from the laws only : they should be his only superior and sovereign lords . 2nd . They put ...
Edmund Burke. entirely on his will . I would have no man derive his means of continuing any function , or his being restrained from it , but from the laws only : they should be his only superior and sovereign lords . 2nd . They put ...
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... entirely ; and the happiness or misery of mankind , estimated by their feelings and sentiments , and not by any theories of their rights , is , and ought to be , the standard for the conduct of legislators towards the people . This nat ...
... entirely ; and the happiness or misery of mankind , estimated by their feelings and sentiments , and not by any theories of their rights , is , and ought to be , the standard for the conduct of legislators towards the people . This nat ...
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... entirely on the state of the man's means . A man may have very ill dispositions , and yet be so very weak as to make all precaution foolish . See whether this be the case of these Dissenters , as to their designs , as to their means ...
... entirely on the state of the man's means . A man may have very ill dispositions , and yet be so very weak as to make all precaution foolish . See whether this be the case of these Dissenters , as to their designs , as to their means ...
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... entirely frustrated , and the whole power of the legislature baffled . If there be no cer- tain , invariable rule of eligibility , it were better to get simplicity , if certainty is not to be had , and to resolve all the franchises of ...
... entirely frustrated , and the whole power of the legislature baffled . If there be no cer- tain , invariable rule of eligibility , it were better to get simplicity , if certainty is not to be had , and to resolve all the franchises of ...
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