The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... human affairs . It leaves no medium between insolent victory and infamous defeat . It tends to alienate our minds farther and farther from our natural regards , and to make an eternal rent and schism in the British nation . Those who do ...
... human affairs . It leaves no medium between insolent victory and infamous defeat . It tends to alienate our minds farther and farther from our natural regards , and to make an eternal rent and schism in the British nation . Those who do ...
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... human nature is not of that sort . Power , in whatever hands , is rarely guilty of too strict limitations on itself . But one great advantage to the support of authority attends such an amicable and protecting connexion , that those who ...
... human nature is not of that sort . Power , in whatever hands , is rarely guilty of too strict limitations on itself . But one great advantage to the support of authority attends such an amicable and protecting connexion , that those who ...
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... human affairs . No man examines into the defects of his title to his paternal estate , or to his established government . In- deed common sense taught me , that a legislative authority , not actually limited by the express terms of its ...
... human affairs . No man examines into the defects of his title to his paternal estate , or to his established government . In- deed common sense taught me , that a legislative authority , not actually limited by the express terms of its ...
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... human legislature , it is religion : I ad- mit , however , that the established religion of this country has been three or four times altered by act of parliament ; and therefore that a statute binds even in that case . But we may very ...
... human legislature , it is religion : I ad- mit , however , that the established religion of this country has been three or four times altered by act of parliament ; and therefore that a statute binds even in that case . But we may very ...
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... human society , all equity and justice , re- ligion and order . Civil freedom , gentlemen , is not , as many have endeavoured to persuade you , a thing that lies hid in the depth of ab- struse science . It is a blessing and a benefit ...
... human society , all equity and justice , re- ligion and order . Civil freedom , gentlemen , is not , as many have endeavoured to persuade you , a thing that lies hid in the depth of ab- struse science . It is a blessing and a benefit ...
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