 | Charles Kendall Adams, John Alden - Speeches, addresses, etc., English - 1884 - 360 pages
...possibly for want of this knowledge, my opinion is much more in favor of prudent management than of force; considering force not as an- odious, but a feeble,...instrument for preserving a pe,ople so numerous, so active, 50_4jrewing, so spirited as this, in a profitable and subordinate connection with us. First, sir, permit... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Political science - 1885 - 434 pages
...so numerous, so active, so growing, so spirited as this, in a profitable and subordinate connexion with us. First, Sir, permit me to observe, that the...is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment ; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again : and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1886 - 276 pages
...and of nothing else or better.—Second Letter to Sir H. Langrishe, FORCE ALONE AVAILS BUT LITTLE. First, sir, permit me to observe, that the use of...is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again : and a nation is not governed which is perpetually... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1891 - 264 pages
...want of this knowledge, my opinion is much more in favour of prudent management, than of force ; 15 considering force not as an odious, but a feeble instrument,...spirited as this, in a profitable and subordinate connexion with us. First, Sir, permit me to observe, that the use of force 20 alone is but temporary.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1892 - 294 pages
....for want of this knowledge, my opinion is much more in favour of prudent management than of force ; considering force not as an odious, but a feeble instrument,...of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for Su moment, but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again ; -and a nation is not governed which... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1894 - 120 pages
...for want of this 15 knowledge, my opinion is much more in favor of prudent management than of force ; considering force not as an odious, but a feeble instrument...in a profitable and subordinate connection with us. 20 First, Sir, permit me to observe that the use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for... | |
 | Cornelius Beach Bradley - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1894 - 408 pages
...for want of this 15 knowledge, my opinion is much more in favor of prudent management than of force ; considering force not as an odious, but a feeble instrument...in a profitable and subordinate connection with us. 20 First, Sir, permit me to observe that the use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 704 pages
...for want of this knowledge, my opinion is much more in favour of prudent management than of force ; considering force not as an odious, but a feeble instrument,...spirited as this, in a profitable and subordinate connexion with us. First, sir, permit me to observe, that the use of force alone is but temporary.... | |
 | Cornelius Beach Bradley - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1894 - 408 pages
...so active, so growing, so spirited as this, in a profitable and subordinate connection with us. 20 First, Sir, permit me to observe that the use of force...is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment, but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again ; and a nation is not governed which is perpetually... | |
 | Edmund Burke - United States - 1894 - 126 pages
...so active, so growing, so spirited as this, in a profitable and subordinate connection with us. 20 First, Sir, permit me to observe that the use of force...is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment, but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again ; and a nation is not governed which is perpetually... | |
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First, sir, permit me to observe, that the use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment, but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again; and a nation is not governed which is perpetually to be conquered. 
