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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... continue the same body politic . It is far from impossible to reconcile , if we do not suffer ourselves to be entangled in the mazes of metaphysic soph- istry , the use both of a fixed rule and an occasional devia- tion ; the sacredness ...
... continue the same body politic . It is far from impossible to reconcile , if we do not suffer ourselves to be entangled in the mazes of metaphysic soph- istry , the use both of a fixed rule and an occasional devia- tion ; the sacredness ...
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... continuing to adopt a plan of heredi- tary Protestant succession in the old line , with all the dangers and all the ... continue to cherish them . We ought not , on either side of the water , to suffer ourselves to be imposed upon by ...
... continuing to adopt a plan of heredi- tary Protestant succession in the old line , with all the dangers and all the ... continue to cherish them . We ought not , on either side of the water , to suffer ourselves to be imposed upon by ...
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... continue to preserve them pure ; and the whole of the Declaration of Rights is of more value to the world , and will do more good , than all the laws and statutes that have yet been promulgated . In the declaratory exordium which ...
... continue to preserve them pure ; and the whole of the Declaration of Rights is of more value to the world , and will do more good , than all the laws and statutes that have yet been promulgated . In the declaratory exordium which ...
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