Reflections on the Revolution in FranceAnchor Press/Doubleday, 1973 - 515 Published in 1790, two years before the start of the Terror, this work offered a remarkably prescient view of the chaos that lay ahead. A classic of political science and a cornerstone of modern conservative thought, it articulates a defense of property, religion, and traditional values that resonates with modern readers. |
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... admit that their necessities do compel them to this base and con- temptible fraud . Nothing can reconcile men to their pro- ceedings and projects but the supposition that there is no third option between them , and some tyranny as ...
... admit that their necessities do compel them to this base and con- temptible fraud . Nothing can reconcile men to their pro- ceedings and projects but the supposition that there is no third option between them , and some tyranny as ...
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... admitting democracy not to have that inevitable tendency to party tyranny , which I suppose it to have , and admitting it to possess as much good in it when unmixed , as I am sure it possesses when compounded with other forms ; does ...
... admitting democracy not to have that inevitable tendency to party tyranny , which I suppose it to have , and admitting it to possess as much good in it when unmixed , as I am sure it possesses when compounded with other forms ; does ...
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... admit it their duty to show dis- tinctly the expence of the above objects , which , by other resolutions , they had before engaged should be first in the order of provision . They admit that they ought to shew the estate clear and ...
... admit it their duty to show dis- tinctly the expence of the above objects , which , by other resolutions , they had before engaged should be first in the order of provision . They admit that they ought to shew the estate clear and ...
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Reflections on the Revolution in France Edmund Burke,Alan Wolfe,Darrin M. McMahon,Conor Cruise O'Brien,Jack N. Rakove Podgląd niedostępny - 2003 |
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