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" What the state ought to take upon itself to direct by the public wisdom, and what it ought to leave, with as little interference as possible, to individual discretion. "
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke - Page 266
by Edmund Burke - 1807
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Thoughts and Details on Scarcity: Originally Presented to the Right Hon ...

Edmund Burke - 1800 - 76 pages
...exceptions, many permanent, fome pccafional. But the cleared line of diftinction which I could draw, whilft I had my chalk to draw any line, was this : That the State ought to confine itfelf to what regards the State, or the creatures of the State, namely, the exterior eftablilhment...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 48

1828 - 722 pages
...legislation, that of determining ' what the state ought ' to take upon itself to direct by the public wisdom, and what it ' ought to leave, with as little interference as possible, to indi* vidual exertion.' But although it may be impossible previously to decide upon the measures that...
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The Works of ... Edmund Burke, Volume 7

Edmund Burke - 1803 - 432 pages
...exceptions, many permanent, fonie occafional. But the cleareft line of diftinclion which I could draw, whilft I had my chalk to draw any line, was this; that the ftate ought to confine itfelf to what regards the ftate$ or the creatures of the ftate, namely, the...
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Maxims and opinions, moral, political and economical, with ..., Volume 1

Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 pages
..." What the state ought to take upon " itself to direct by the public wisdom, and what it " oughtto leave, with as little interference as possible, "...the state ought to confine itself to what regards 110 the state, or the creatures of the state, namely, the exterior establishment of its religion; its...
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Maxims and Opinions: Moral, Political, and Economical, with Characters from ...

Edmund Burke - 1804 - 228 pages
..." What the state ought to take upon " itself to direct by the public wisdom, and what it " oughtto leave, with as little interference as possible, "...this ; that the state ought to confine itself to what retrards 110 the state, or the creatures of the state, namely, the exterior establishment of its religion...
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Biographical Memoirs, of Adam Smith, LL. D., of William Robertson, D. D. and ...

Dugald Stewart - 1811 - 620 pages
...to ascer" lain, uhat the state ought to take upon itself to direct by the public wisdom ; and Khat " it ought to leave, with as little interference as possible, to individual discretion." The solution of this problem, in some of its most interesting cases, may bo regarded as one of the...
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Maxims, Opinions and Characters, Moral, Political, and Economical, Volume 1

Edmond Burke - 1815 - 240 pages
..." What the state ought to take upon " itself to direct by the public wisdom, and what it " oughtto leave, with as little interference as possible, "...the state ought to confine itself to what regards 110 the state, or the creatures of the state, namely, the exterior establishment of its religion ;...
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The Beauties of Burke: Consisting of Selections from His Works

Edmund Burke - 1828 - 182 pages
...whilst I followed that profession, " What the state ought to take upon itself to direct by the public wisdom, and what it ought to leave, with as little...which I could draw, whilst I had my chalk to draw 4 any line, was this; that the state ought to confine itself to what regards the state, or the creatures...
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Sketches, Essays and Translations

Francis Walker Gilmer - 1828 - 214 pages
...with the contracts of individuals. It is unquestionably " one of the finest problems in legislation, what the state ought to take upon itself to direct...interference as possible, to individual discretion." I do not believe this problem can be re duced to any general rules, which will not be subject to too...
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The works of ... Edmund Burke, Volume 2

Edmund Burke - 1834 - 744 pages
...followed that profession, " What the state ougi» " to take upon itself to direct by the publick wb" dom, and what it ought to leave, with as little " interference...permanent, some occasional. But the clearest line« distinction, which I could draw, whilst 1 had щ chalk to draw any line, was this ; that the state...
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