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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... religion , we prefer the Protestant ; not be- cause we think it has less of the Christian religion in it , but because , in our judgment , it has more . We are protestants , not from indifference but from zeal . - We know , and it is ...
... religion , we prefer the Protestant ; not be- cause we think it has less of the Christian religion in it , but because , in our judgment , it has more . We are protestants , not from indifference but from zeal . - We know , and it is ...
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... religion . I know well enough that the bishoprics and cures , under kingly and seignoral patronage , as now they are in England , and as they have been lately in France , are sometimes acquired by unworthy methods ; but the other mode ...
... religion . I know well enough that the bishoprics and cures , under kingly and seignoral patronage , as now they are in England , and as they have been lately in France , are sometimes acquired by unworthy methods ; but the other mode ...
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... religion , there is no such thing as a religion that is wrong ; but if they are to judge of each other's religion , there is no such thing as a religion . that is right ; and therefore all the world is right , or all the world is wrong ...
... religion , there is no such thing as a religion that is wrong ; but if they are to judge of each other's religion , there is no such thing as a religion . that is right ; and therefore all the world is right , or all the world is wrong ...
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