 To make a government requires no great prudence. Settle the seat of power, teach obedience, and the work is done. To give freedom is still more easy. It is not necessary to guide ; it only requires to let go the rein. But to form a free government, that...  The Border Magazine - Page 621833Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - France - 1790 - 536 pages
...teach obedience : and the work is done. To To give freedom is ftill more eafy. It is not neceflary to guide ; it only requires to let go the rein. But...form a free government ; that is, to temper together thefe oppofite elements of liberty and reftraint in one confident work, requires much thought, deep... | |
 | Edmund Burke - France - 1790 - 370 pages
...and artifices are of little avail. To make a government requires no great prudence. Settle the feat of power ; teach obedience : and the work is done. To give freedom is ftill more eafy. It is not neceflary to guide ; it only requires to let go the rein. But to form a... | |
 | Edmund Burke - France - 1791 - 418 pages
...To give freedom is ftill more eafy. It is ndt fteceflary to guide 5 it only requires to let go th« rein. But to form a free government •, that is, to temper together thefe oppofite elements of liberty and reftraint in one confiftent work, requires much thought, deep... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1792 - 636 pages
...and artifices are of little avail. To make a government requires no great prudence. Settle the feat of power •, teach obedience : and the •work is done. To give freedom is ftill more eafy. It is not neceflary to guide ; it only requires to let go the rein. But to form a... | |
 | Edmund Burke - English literature - 1803 - 458 pages
...and artifices are of little avail. To make a government requires no great prudence. Settle the feat of power ; teach obedience; and the work is done. To give freedom is ftill more eafy. It is not neceffary to guide ; it only requires to let go the rein. But to form a.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 pages
...in France, all these subsidiary sentiments and artifices are of little avail. To make a government requires no great prudence. Settle the seat of power...requires much thought, deep reflection, a sagacious, powerful, and combining mind. LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE. No man, under the false and hypocritical pretence... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Political science - 1804 - 228 pages
...that in France, all these subsidiary sentiments and artifices are of little avail. T make a government requires no great prudence. Settle the seat of power ; teach obedience : and th work is done. To give freedom is still more easy It is not necessary to guide ; it only requires... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1807 - 512 pages
...in France, all these subsidiary sentiments and artifices are of little avail. To make a government requires no great prudence. Settle the seat of power...requires much thought, deep reflection, a sagacious, powerful and combining mind. This I do not find in those who take the lead in the national assembly.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - France - 1814 - 258 pages
...in France, all these subsidiary sentiments and artifices are of little avail. To make a government requires no great prudence. Settle the seat of power;...work is done. To give freedom is still more easy. 1 1 is not necessary to guide; it only requires to let go the rein. But to form a free government ;... | |
 | Edmond Burke - English literature - 1815 - 240 pages
...in France, all these subsidiary sentiments and artifices are of little avail. To make a government requires no great prudence. Settle the seat of power...requires much thought, deep reflection, a sagacious, powerful, and combining mind. LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE. No man, under the false and hypocritical pretence... | |
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