The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 5Little, Brown,, 1877 - Great Britain |
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... proceedings and doctrines which have hitherto produced so much mischief in the world , and which will infallibly produce more , and possibly greater . It is my protest against the delusion by which some have been taught to look upon ...
... proceedings and doctrines which have hitherto produced so much mischief in the world , and which will infallibly produce more , and possibly greater . It is my protest against the delusion by which some have been taught to look upon ...
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... proceedings and the system of France , on which our difference had arisen , as well as the known sentiments of the best and wisest of our common friends upon that subject , would have brought him to a safer way of thinking . Several of ...
... proceedings and the system of France , on which our difference had arisen , as well as the known sentiments of the best and wisest of our common friends upon that subject , would have brought him to a safer way of thinking . Several of ...
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... proceedings , trusting that I shall be able to demon- strate to the friends whose good opinion I would still cultivate , that not levity , nor caprice , nor less defen- sible motives , but that very grave reasons , influence my judgment ...
... proceedings , trusting that I shall be able to demon- strate to the friends whose good opinion I would still cultivate , that not levity , nor caprice , nor less defen- sible motives , but that very grave reasons , influence my judgment ...
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... proceeding of Mr. Fox does not ( as I con- ceive ) amount to absolute high treason , Russia , though on bad terms , not having been then declared- ly at war with this kingdom . But such a proceed- ing is in law not very remote from that ...
... proceeding of Mr. Fox does not ( as I con- ceive ) amount to absolute high treason , Russia , though on bad terms , not having been then declared- ly at war with this kingdom . But such a proceed- ing is in law not very remote from that ...
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... proceeding of Mr. Fox has given a strong countenance and an encouraging example to the doc- trines and practices of the Revolution and Constitu- tional Societies , and of other mischievous societies of that description , who , without ...
... proceeding of Mr. Fox has given a strong countenance and an encouraging example to the doc- trines and practices of the Revolution and Constitu- tional Societies , and of other mischievous societies of that description , who , without ...
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Page 208 - I humble myself before God, I do not know that it is forbidden to repel the attacks of unjust and inconsiderate men. The patience of Job is proverbial. After some of the convulsive struggles of our irritable nature, he submitted himself, and repented in dust and ashes. But even so, I do not find him blamed for reprehending, and with a considerable degree of verbal asperity, those illnatured neighbours of his who visited his dunghill to read moral, political, and economical lectures on his misery.
Page 242 - If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free : if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
Page 290 - and with some care examined, the original documents concerning certain important transactions of those times. They perfectly satisfied me of the extreme injustice of that war, and of the falsehood of the colours which Walpole, to his ruin, and guided by a mistaken policy, suffered to be daubed over that measure.
Page 133 - To provide for us in our necessities is not in the power of government. It would be a vain presumption in statesmen to think they can do it. The people maintain them, and not they the people. It is in the power of government to prevent much evil ; it can do very little positive good in this, or perhaps in anything else.
Page 182 - He was a man of admirable parts; of general knowledge ; of a versatile understanding fitted for every sort of business ; of infinite wit and pleasantry ; of a delightful temper ; and with a mind most perfectly disinterested. But it would be only to degrade myself by a weak adulation, and not to honour the memory of a great man, to deny that he wanted something of the vigilance and spirit of command, that the time required.
Page 156 - And having looked to government for bread, on the very first scarcity, they will turn and bite the hand that fed them.
Page 187 - They shake the public security ; they menace private enjoyment. They dwarf the growth of the young ; they break the quiet of the old. If we travel, they stop our way. They infest us in town ; they pursue us to the country.
Page 174 - Why will they not let me remain in obscurity and inaction ? Are they apprehensive, that, if an atom of me remains, the sect has something to fear? Must I be annihilated, lest, like old John Zisca's, my skin might be made into a drum, to animate Europe to eternal battle against a tyranny that threatens to overwhelm all Europe and all the human race...
Page 286 - All men that are ruined are ruined on the side of their natural propensities.
Page 242 - ... a great state is too much envied, too much dreaded, to find safety in humiliation. To be secure, it must be respected. Power, and eminence, and consideration, are things not to be begged. They must be commanded : and they, who supplicate for mercy from others, can never hope for justice through themselves.