The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 87
... trust of a member of the House of Commons . But the liberty , the only lib- erty , I mean is a liberty connected with order : that not only exists along with order and virtue , but which cannot exist at all without them . It inheres in ...
... trust of a member of the House of Commons . But the liberty , the only lib- erty , I mean is a liberty connected with order : that not only exists along with order and virtue , but which cannot exist at all without them . It inheres in ...
Page 95
... trust from Providence , for the abuse of which he is deeply answerable . Your representative owes you , not his industry only , but his judgment ; and he be- trays , instead of serving you , if he sacrifices it to your opinion . My ...
... trust from Providence , for the abuse of which he is deeply answerable . Your representative owes you , not his industry only , but his judgment ; and he be- trays , instead of serving you , if he sacrifices it to your opinion . My ...
Page 102
... trust ; and having no sort of reason to rely on the strength of my natural abilities for the proper execution of that trust , I was obliged to take more than common pains to instruct myself in ev- erything which relates to our colonies ...
... trust ; and having no sort of reason to rely on the strength of my natural abilities for the proper execution of that trust , I was obliged to take more than common pains to instruct myself in ev- erything which relates to our colonies ...
Page 127
... trust for them by us ( as their guardians during a perpet- ual minority ) than with any part of it in their own hands . But the question is not , whether their spirit deserves praise or blame , — what , in the name of God , shall we do ...
... trust for them by us ( as their guardians during a perpet- ual minority ) than with any part of it in their own hands . But the question is not , whether their spirit deserves praise or blame , — what , in the name of God , shall we do ...
Page 140
... trust of government , and how far all mankind , in all forms of polity , are entitled to an exercise of that right by the charter of Nature , -or whether , on the contrary , a right of taxation is neces- sarily involved in the general ...
... trust of government , and how far all mankind , in all forms of polity , are entitled to an exercise of that right by the charter of Nature , -or whether , on the contrary , a right of taxation is neces- sarily involved in the general ...
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