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" All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act in trust ; and that they are to account for their conduct in that trust to the one great Master, Author, and Founder of society. "
Maxims and opinions, moral, political and economical, with characters, from ... - Page 24
by Edmund Burke - 1811
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Maxims and Opinions: Moral, Political, and Economical, with Characters from ...

Edmund Burke - Political science - 1804 - 228 pages
...All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act in trust ; and that they are to account...princes can do nothing. Whoever uses instruments, in rinding helps, finds also impediments. Their power is therefore by no means complete ; nor are they...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1807 - 512 pages
...All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act in trust ; and that they are to account for their conduct in that trust to the one great matter, author and founder of society. This principle ought even to be more strongly impressed upon...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 5

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1815 - 464 pages
...All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act in trust ; and that they are to account for their conduct in that VOL. V. N trust trust to the one great master, author and founder of society. This principle ought...
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The British Prose Writers...: Burke's reflections

British prose literature - 1821 - 362 pages
...All persons possessing any pgrtion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act in trust ; and that they are to account...trust to the one great Master, Author and Founder uf society. This principle ought even to be more strongly impressed upon the minds of those who compose...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1826 - 520 pages
...All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act in trust ; and that they are to account...be more strongly impressed upon the minds of those Mho compose the collective sovereignty than upon those of single princes. Without instruments, these...
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The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 648 pages
...strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act in trust ; and that they arc to account fur ot governed, which is perpetually to be conquered. My next objection is its uncertainty. Terrour mort strongly impressed upon the miuds of thai« who compose the collective sovereignly tbu upon those...
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The Church of England Quarterly Review, Volume 5

1839 - 556 pages
...authority, ' possessing any portion of power, ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with the idea that they act in trust, and that they are to account for their conduct to one great Master, Author, and Founder of society.' " One act of injustice is ever the forerunner...
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The Works of Edmund Burke, Volume 3

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1839 - 546 pages
...All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act in trust : and that they are to account...princes can do nothing. Whoever uses instruments, in rinding helps, rinds also impediments. Their power is therefore by no means complete ; nor are they...
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The British Churchman, Volume 3

1845 - 384 pages
...authority, and have placed in it such persons " as are strongly and awfully impressed with the idea that they act in trust, and that they are to account...trust to the one Great Master, Author, and Founder ol society ;" such persons who, when they " administer in the government of men, remember that they...
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The Theory of Reasoning

Samuel Bailey - Logic - 1851 - 254 pages
..."All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act in trust ; and that they are to account...collective sovereignty than upon those of single princes. 2. Without instruments, these princes can do nothing. Whoever uses instruments, in finding helps finds...
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