Reflections on the Revolution in FranceCourier Corporation, 29 sie 2012 - 256 Published in 1790, two years before the start of the Terror, Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France offered a remarkably prescient view of the chaos that lay ahead. It provoked an enormous reaction, both supportive and critical, with a flood of pamphlets and books (including Thomas Paine's enduring denunciation, The Rights of Man). Endlessly reprinted and studied by countless scholars and other readers, this is a classic of political science and a cornerstone of modern conservative thought. Burke ranked among the era's most eloquent defenders of democracy; however, he also realized the dangers of unchecked liberty and that mob rule is in no way better than the reign of a king or dictator. His lucid and passionate manifesto, written in the form of letters, employs examples from the aftermath of the French Revolution to demonstrate the superiority of gradual political change over outright anti-authoritarian revolt. A believer in practicality rather than abstract theorizing, Burke articulates a defense of property, religion, and traditional values that continues to resonate with twenty-first century readers. |
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... choice of his people.” As to the kings of the world, all of whom (except one) this archpontiff of the rights of men, with all the plenitude, and with more than the boldness of the papal deposing power in its meridian fervour of the ...
... choice of his people.” As to the kings of the world, all of whom (except one) this archpontiff of the rights of men, with all the plenitude, and with more than the boldness of the papal deposing power in its meridian fervour of the ...
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... choice of his people, and is therefore the only lawful sovereign in the world, they will perhaps tell us they mean to say no more than that some of the king's predecessors have been called to the throne by some sort of choice; and ...
... choice of his people, and is therefore the only lawful sovereign in the world, they will perhaps tell us they mean to say no more than that some of the king's predecessors have been called to the throne by some sort of choice; and ...
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... choice of the Revolution Society , who have not a single vote for a king amongst them , either indi- vidually or collectively ; though I make no doubt they would soon erect themselves into an electoral college , if things were ripe to ...
... choice of the Revolution Society , who have not a single vote for a king amongst them , either indi- vidually or collectively ; though I make no doubt they would soon erect themselves into an electoral college , if things were ripe to ...
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... choice was the only legal king , without all doubt it was at the Revolution . Its not being done at that time is a proof that the nation was of opinion it ought not to be done at any time . There is no person so compleatly ignorant of ...
... choice was the only legal king , without all doubt it was at the Revolution . Its not being done at that time is a proof that the nation was of opinion it ought not to be done at any time . There is no person so compleatly ignorant of ...
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... choice of their people , had no title to make laws , what will become of the statute de tallagio non conce- dendo ... choice of the people for ever , could the legislature have fastidiously rejected the fair and abundant choice which our ...
... choice of their people , had no title to make laws , what will become of the statute de tallagio non conce- dendo ... choice of the people for ever , could the legislature have fastidiously rejected the fair and abundant choice which our ...
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