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Page 11
They vitiate their politics ; they corrupt their morals ; they pervert even the natural
taste and relish of equity and justice . By teaching us to consider our fellow -
citizens in a hostile light , the whole body of our nation becomes gradually less
dear ...
They vitiate their politics ; they corrupt their morals ; they pervert even the natural
taste and relish of equity and justice . By teaching us to consider our fellow -
citizens in a hostile light , the whole body of our nation becomes gradually less
dear ...
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I assure you , that , on the most prosperous issue of your arms , you will not be
where you stood , when you called in war to supply the defects of your political
establishment . Nor would any disorder or disobedience to government which
could ...
I assure you , that , on the most prosperous issue of your arms , you will not be
where you stood , when you called in war to supply the defects of your political
establishment . Nor would any disorder or disobedience to government which
could ...
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It is a powerful corrective to such a very rational cause of fear , if the inferior body
can be made to believe , that the party inclination , or political views , of several in
the principal state , will induce them in some degree to counteract this blind ...
It is a powerful corrective to such a very rational cause of fear , if the inferior body
can be made to believe , that the party inclination , or political views , of several in
the principal state , will induce them in some degree to counteract this blind ...
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I was persuaded that government was a practical thing , made for the happiness
of mankind , and not to furnish out a spectacle of uniformity , to gratify the
schemes of visionary politicians . Our business was to rule , not to wrangle ; and it
would ...
I was persuaded that government was a practical thing , made for the happiness
of mankind , and not to furnish out a spectacle of uniformity , to gratify the
schemes of visionary politicians . Our business was to rule , not to wrangle ; and it
would ...
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It is this unsuspecting confidence that removes all difficulties , and reconciles all
the contradictions which occur in the complexity of all ancient , puzzled , political
establishments . Happy are the rulers which have the secret of preserving it !
It is this unsuspecting confidence that removes all difficulties , and reconciles all
the contradictions which occur in the complexity of all ancient , puzzled , political
establishments . Happy are the rulers which have the secret of preserving it !
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | Henry G. Bohn, 1864 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2010 |
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