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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... direct or immediate act , might be wrought by a longer process through the medium of opinion . To command that opinion , the first step is to establish a dominion over those who direct it . They contrived to possess themselves , with 21 ...
... direct or immediate act , might be wrought by a longer process through the medium of opinion . To command that opinion , the first step is to establish a dominion over those who direct it . They contrived to possess themselves , with 21 ...
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... direct contribution : because the direct contribu- tion must be assessed on wealth real or presumed ; and that local wealth will itself arise from causes not local , and which therefore in equity ought not to produce a local preference ...
... direct contribution : because the direct contribu- tion must be assessed on wealth real or presumed ; and that local wealth will itself arise from causes not local , and which therefore in equity ought not to produce a local preference ...
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... direct and immediate tendency to sever France into a variety of republics , and to render them totally independent of each other , without any direct constitutional means of coherence , connection , or subordination , except what may be ...
... direct and immediate tendency to sever France into a variety of republics , and to render them totally independent of each other , without any direct constitutional means of coherence , connection , or subordination , except what may be ...
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