The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 |
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... constitution did not instantly produce , in fact , the grossest of the evils with which it was pregnant in its nature . It is by lying dormant a long time , or being at first very rarely exercised , that arbitrary power steals upon a ...
... constitution did not instantly produce , in fact , the grossest of the evils with which it was pregnant in its nature . It is by lying dormant a long time , or being at first very rarely exercised , that arbitrary power steals upon a ...
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... constitution itself , on an occasion worthy of bringing it forth . As the disputants , whose accurate and logical reasonings have brought us into our present condition , think it absurd , that powers or members of any constitution ...
... constitution itself , on an occasion worthy of bringing it forth . As the disputants , whose accurate and logical reasonings have brought us into our present condition , think it absurd , that powers or members of any constitution ...
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... constitution , some part of the dignity of the great nations which they represented . No longer tied to by- laws , these assemblies made acts of all sorts and in all cases whatsoever . They levied money , not for parochial purposes ...
... constitution , some part of the dignity of the great nations which they represented . No longer tied to by- laws , these assemblies made acts of all sorts and in all cases whatsoever . They levied money , not for parochial purposes ...
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... constitution , or of reuniting the dissipated members of the English race upon a common plan of tranquillity and liberty , does entirely depend on their firm and lasting union ; and above all , on their keeping themselves from that ...
... constitution , or of reuniting the dissipated members of the English race upon a common plan of tranquillity and liberty , does entirely depend on their firm and lasting union ; and above all , on their keeping themselves from that ...
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... constitution of several parts of the public economy . " I have endeavoured , that this plan should include , in its execution , a considerable reduction of improper expense ; that it should effect a conversion of unprofitable titles ...
... constitution of several parts of the public economy . " I have endeavoured , that this plan should include , in its execution , a considerable reduction of improper expense ; that it should effect a conversion of unprofitable titles ...
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Page 303 - A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
Page 364 - It is a partnership in all science, a partnership in all art, a partnership in every virtue and in all perfection. As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.
Page 433 - He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.
Page 319 - The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise. How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks?
Page 551 - Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without. It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.
Page 297 - An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject...
Page 423 - It is with the greatest difficulty that I am able to separate policy from justice. Justice itself is the great standing policy of civil society ; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
Page 164 - I have not lived in vain. And now, Gentlemen, on this serious day, when I come, as it were, to make up my account with you, let me take to myself some degree of honest pride on the nature of the charges that are against me.
Page 406 - Omnes boni nobilitati semper favemus, was the saying of a wise and good man. It is, indeed, one sign of a liberal and benevolent mind to incline to it with some sort of partial propensity. He feels no ennobling principle in his own heart who wishes to level all the artificial institutions which have been adopted for giving a body to opinion and permanence to fugitive esteem.