The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 |
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Page 36
... despotism , where all the inferiour orbs of power are moved merely by the will of the Supreme , and all that are subjected to them directed in the same man- ner , merely by the occasional will of the magis- trate . This form , as it is ...
... despotism , where all the inferiour orbs of power are moved merely by the will of the Supreme , and all that are subjected to them directed in the same man- ner , merely by the occasional will of the magis- trate . This form , as it is ...
Page 39
... despotism inflamed and aggravated by hatred and revenge . To deserve well of the state is a crime against the prince . To be popular , and to be a traitor , are considered as synonymous terms . Even virtue is dangerous , as an aspiring ...
... despotism inflamed and aggravated by hatred and revenge . To deserve well of the state is a crime against the prince . To be popular , and to be a traitor , are considered as synonymous terms . Even virtue is dangerous , as an aspiring ...
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... despotism . Here then we have the acknowledgement of a great philosopher , that an irregular state of nature is preferable to such a government ; we have the consent of all sensible and generous men , who carry it yet further , and avow ...
... despotism . Here then we have the acknowledgement of a great philosopher , that an irregular state of nature is preferable to such a government ; we have the consent of all sensible and generous men , who carry it yet further , and avow ...
Page 41
... despotism , differ but in name ; and that a people , who are in general excluded from any share of the legislative , are , to all intents and purposes , as much slaves , when twenty , independent of them , govern , as when but one ...
... despotism , differ but in name ; and that a people , who are in general excluded from any share of the legislative , are , to all intents and purposes , as much slaves , when twenty , independent of them , govern , as when but one ...
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... despotism ; where you find the same pride of the rulers , the same base subjection of the people , the same bloody maxims of a suspicious policy . In one respect the aristocracy is worse than the despotism . A body politick , whilst it ...
... despotism ; where you find the same pride of the rulers , the same base subjection of the people , the same bloody maxims of a suspicious policy . In one respect the aristocracy is worse than the despotism . A body politick , whilst it ...
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