The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 26
... object of its prohibitions and penalties be a real evil , then you do in effect permit that very evil , which not only the reason of the thing , but your very law , declares ought not to be permitted ; and thus it reflects exceedingly ...
... object of its prohibitions and penalties be a real evil , then you do in effect permit that very evil , which not only the reason of the thing , but your very law , declares ought not to be permitted ; and thus it reflects exceedingly ...
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... objects of vengeance , not the conscientious Dissenter , these men , who would take away whatever enno- bles the rank or consoles the misfortunes of human nature , by breaking off that connection of observan- ces , of affections , of ...
... objects of vengeance , not the conscientious Dissenter , these men , who would take away whatever enno- bles the rank or consoles the misfortunes of human nature , by breaking off that connection of observan- ces , of affections , of ...
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... object : for there is such a thing as tyranny , as well as usurpation . You can hardly state to me a case to which legislature is the most confessedly competent , in which , if the rules of be- nignity and prudence are not observed ...
... object : for there is such a thing as tyranny , as well as usurpation . You can hardly state to me a case to which legislature is the most confessedly competent , in which , if the rules of be- nignity and prudence are not observed ...
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... object the supreme good , the ultimate end and object of man himself . The magistrate , who is a man , and charged with the con- cerns of men , and to whom very specially nothing human is remote and indifferent , has a right and a duty ...
... object the supreme good , the ultimate end and object of man himself . The magistrate , who is a man , and charged with the con- cerns of men , and to whom very specially nothing human is remote and indifferent , has a right and a duty ...
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... object par- amount to all other rights whatsoever . There are ways and means by which a good man would not even save the commonwealth . . All things founded • on the idea of danger ought in a great degree to be temporary . All policy is ...
... object par- amount to all other rights whatsoever . There are ways and means by which a good man would not even save the commonwealth . . All things founded • on the idea of danger ought in a great degree to be temporary . All policy is ...
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