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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... less hope of remedy , though possibly with something of less mischief , by being covered with more exterior decorum . They countenanced too much that licentious philosophy which has helped to bring on their ruin . There was another ...
... less hope of remedy , though possibly with something of less mischief , by being covered with more exterior decorum . They countenanced too much that licentious philosophy which has helped to bring on their ruin . There was another ...
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... less than at the Revolution , the circumstance was not adverted to , that since the Revolution , there cannot have been less than four hun- dred millions sterling imported into Europe ; and therefore , the quantity in England ought at ...
... less than at the Revolution , the circumstance was not adverted to , that since the Revolution , there cannot have been less than four hun- dred millions sterling imported into Europe ; and therefore , the quantity in England ought at ...
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... less , I believe , than eight or ten pamphlets , intended as answer to the former part of the " Rights of Man , ” have been published by different persons , and not one of them , to my knowledge , has extended to a second edition , nor ...
... less , I believe , than eight or ten pamphlets , intended as answer to the former part of the " Rights of Man , ” have been published by different persons , and not one of them , to my knowledge , has extended to a second edition , nor ...
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