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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... monarchy to other governments ; because you can better ingraft any description of republic on a monarchy than any thing of monarchy upon the republican forms . I think him perfectly in the right . The fact is so historically ; and it ...
... monarchy to other governments ; because you can better ingraft any description of republic on a monarchy than any thing of monarchy upon the republican forms . I think him perfectly in the right . The fact is so historically ; and it ...
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... monarchy which we people of America do not understand , I wish Mr. Burke would be so kind as to inform us . I see in America , a government extend- ing over a country ten times as large as England , and con- ducted with regularity for a ...
... monarchy which we people of America do not understand , I wish Mr. Burke would be so kind as to inform us . I see in America , a government extend- ing over a country ten times as large as England , and con- ducted with regularity for a ...
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... monarchy ? Will he explain it ? All men can understand what repre- sentation is ; and that it must necessarily include a variety of knowledge and talents . But what security is there for the same qualities on the part of monarchy ? Or ...
... monarchy ? Will he explain it ? All men can understand what repre- sentation is ; and that it must necessarily include a variety of knowledge and talents . But what security is there for the same qualities on the part of monarchy ? Or ...
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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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