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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... ment would be under the constant inspection and active con- troul of the popular representative and of the magnates of the kingdom . In the next great constitutional act , that of the 12th and 13th of King William , for the further ...
... ment would be under the constant inspection and active con- troul of the popular representative and of the magnates of the kingdom . In the next great constitutional act , that of the 12th and 13th of King William , for the further ...
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... ment . The right of a parliament is only a right in trust , a right by delegation , and that but of a very small part of the nation ; and one of its Houses has not even this . But the right of the nation is an original right , as ...
... ment . The right of a parliament is only a right in trust , a right by delegation , and that but of a very small part of the nation ; and one of its Houses has not even this . But the right of the nation is an original right , as ...
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... ment of temper , instead of a fixed and steady principle , and having once committed itself , however rashly , it feels itself urged along , to justify by continuance its first proceeding . Measures which at other times it would censure ...
... ment of temper , instead of a fixed and steady principle , and having once committed itself , however rashly , it feels itself urged along , to justify by continuance its first proceeding . Measures which at other times it would censure ...
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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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