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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... millions sterling ; and if the same allowance for waste and accident be made for England which M. Necker makes for France , the quantity remaining after these deductions would be fifty - two millions . This sum ought to have been in the ...
... millions sterling ; and if the same allowance for waste and accident be made for England which M. Necker makes for France , the quantity remaining after these deductions would be fifty - two millions . This sum ought to have been in the ...
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... millions , making in the whole fifteen millions and a half ; which among twenty - four millions of people , is not quite thirteen shillings per head . France has lessened her taxes since the Revolution , nearly nine millions sterling ...
... millions , making in the whole fifteen millions and a half ; which among twenty - four millions of people , is not quite thirteen shillings per head . France has lessened her taxes since the Revolution , nearly nine millions sterling ...
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... millions are appropriated to the former ; and the re- mainder , being nearly eight millions , to the latter . As to the million , said to be applied to the reduction of the debt , it is so much like paying with one hand and taking out ...
... millions are appropriated to the former ; and the re- mainder , being nearly eight millions , to the latter . As to the million , said to be applied to the reduction of the debt , it is so much like paying with one hand and taking out ...
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