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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... ruling dynasties of England or France may have begun, the king of Great Britain is at this day king by a fixed rule of succession, according to the laws of his country ; and whilst the legal conditions of the compact 12 Edmund Burke.
... ruling dynasties of England or France may have begun, the king of Great Britain is at this day king by a fixed rule of succession, according to the laws of his country ; and whilst the legal conditions of the compact 12 Edmund Burke.
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... succession of the crown.” You will observe, that these rights and this succession are declared in one body, and bound indissolubly together. A few years after this period, a second opportunity offered for asserting a right of election ...
... succession of the crown.” You will observe, that these rights and this succession are declared in one body, and bound indissolubly together. A few years after this period, a second opportunity offered for asserting a right of election ...
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... succession thereof , to which the subjects may safely have recourse for their protection . ” Both these acts , in which are heard the unerring , unambiguous ora- cles of Revolution policy , instead of countenancing the delusive , gypsey ...
... succession thereof , to which the subjects may safely have recourse for their protection . ” Both these acts , in which are heard the unerring , unambiguous ora- cles of Revolution policy , instead of countenancing the delusive , gypsey ...
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... succession is brought forward, and fostered, and made the most of, by this great man, and by the legislature who followed him. Quitting the dry, imperative style of an act of parliament, he makes the lords and commons fall to a pious ...
... succession is brought forward, and fostered, and made the most of, by this great man, and by the legislature who followed him. Quitting the dry, imperative style of an act of parliament, he makes the lords and commons fall to a pious ...
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... SUCCESSION thereof, the unity, peace, and tranquillity of this nation doth, under God, wholly depend.” They knew that a doubtful title of succession would but too much resemble an election; and that an election would be utterly ...
... SUCCESSION thereof, the unity, peace, and tranquillity of this nation doth, under God, wholly depend.” They knew that a doubtful title of succession would but too much resemble an election; and that an election would be utterly ...
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