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Page 61
Credit cannot exist under the arm of necessity . Necessity strikes at credit , I allow
, with a heavier and quicker blow under an arbitrary monarchy , than under a
limited and balanced government ; but still necessity and credit are natural
enemies ...
Credit cannot exist under the arm of necessity . Necessity strikes at credit , I allow
, with a heavier and quicker blow under an arbitrary monarchy , than under a
limited and balanced government ; but still necessity and credit are natural
enemies ...
Page 72
As to Wales , and the county palatine of Chester , I have my doubts whether their
productive exchequer yields any returns at all . Yet one may say , that this
revenue is more faithfully applied to its purposes than any of the rest ; as it exists
for the ...
As to Wales , and the county palatine of Chester , I have my doubts whether their
productive exchequer yields any returns at all . Yet one may say , that this
revenue is more faithfully applied to its purposes than any of the rest ; as it exists
for the ...
Page 74
For what plausible reason are these principalities suffered to exist ? When a
government is rendered complex ( which in itself is no desirable thing ) it ought to
be for some i Case of Richard Lee , Esq . appellant , against George Venables
Lord ...
For what plausible reason are these principalities suffered to exist ? When a
government is rendered complex ( which in itself is no desirable thing ) it ought to
be for some i Case of Richard Lee , Esq . appellant , against George Venables
Lord ...
Page 77
These distinctions exist for no good end to the king , to the nobility , or to the
people . They ought not to exist at all . If the crown ( contrary to advice that has
been lately given ) should so far forget its dignity as to contend , that these
jurisdictions ...
These distinctions exist for no good end to the king , to the nobility , or to the
people . They ought not to exist at all . If the crown ( contrary to advice that has
been lately given ) should so far forget its dignity as to contend , that these
jurisdictions ...
Page 84
... exist under the accumulated charge of ancient establishment , modern luxury ,
and parliamentary political corruption . 84 SPEECH ON THE ECONOMICAL
REFORM .
... exist under the accumulated charge of ancient establishment , modern luxury ,
and parliamentary political corruption . 84 SPEECH ON THE ECONOMICAL
REFORM .
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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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