The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1869 - Great Britain |
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... constitution , and their effects , I have sometimes been in a good deal more than doubt , whether the Creator did ever really intend man for a state of happiness . He has mixed in his cup a number of natural evils , ( in spite of the ...
... constitution , and their effects , I have sometimes been in a good deal more than doubt , whether the Creator did ever really intend man for a state of happiness . He has mixed in his cup a number of natural evils , ( in spite of the ...
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... constitution . For as subordination , or , in other words , the reciprocation of tyranny and slavery , is requisite to support these societies ; the interest , the ambition , the malice , or the revenge , nay , even the whim and caprice ...
... constitution . For as subordination , or , in other words , the reciprocation of tyranny and slavery , is requisite to support these societies ; the interest , the ambition , the malice , or the revenge , nay , even the whim and caprice ...
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... constitution of a democracy . An artful man became popular , the people had power in their hands , and they devolved a considerable share of their power upon their favorite ; and the only use he made of this power was , to plunge those ...
... constitution of a democracy . An artful man became popular , the people had power in their hands , and they devolved a considerable share of their power upon their favorite ; and the only use he made of this power was , to plunge those ...
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... constitution . Yet , allowing all this , what defence does this make for artificial society in general , that these inconsiderable spots of the globe have for some short space of time stood as exceptions to a charge so general ? But ...
... constitution . Yet , allowing all this , what defence does this make for artificial society in general , that these inconsiderable spots of the globe have for some short space of time stood as exceptions to a charge so general ? But ...
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... constitution . These are undoubtedly as ill effects as can happen in a society ; for in such a case , the closeness acquired by community , instead of serv- ing for mutual defence , serves only to increase the danger . Such a system is ...
... constitution . These are undoubtedly as ill effects as can happen in a society ; for in such a case , the closeness acquired by community , instead of serv- ing for mutual defence , serves only to increase the danger . Such a system is ...
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