Burke's Speech on Conciliation with AmericaMacmillan Company, 1906 |
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... authority , a servant of the king might enter the home of any citizen , and make a thorough search for smuggled goods . It is needless to say the measure was resisted vigorously , and its reception by the colo- nists , and its effect ...
... authority , a servant of the king might enter the home of any citizen , and make a thorough search for smuggled goods . It is needless to say the measure was resisted vigorously , and its reception by the colo- nists , and its effect ...
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... authority . They were particularly ob- noxious to him because of their republican spirit , and he regarded their ascendency as a constant men- ace to his kingly power . Fortune seemed to favor him in the dissensions which arose . There ...
... authority . They were particularly ob- noxious to him because of their republican spirit , and he regarded their ascendency as a constant men- ace to his kingly power . Fortune seemed to favor him in the dissensions which arose . There ...
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... authority of Parlia- ment over the colonies , in all cases whatsoever . " His support of the bill for the repeal of the Stamp Act , as well as his plea for reconciliation , ten years later , were not prompted by a firm belief in the ...
... authority of Parlia- ment over the colonies , in all cases whatsoever . " His support of the bill for the repeal of the Stamp Act , as well as his plea for reconciliation , ten years later , were not prompted by a firm belief in the ...
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... authority , and penetrated with the sharpness and strength of that early impression , I have continued ever since , without the least deviation , in my original sentiments . Whether this be owing to an obstinate perseverance in error ...
... authority , and penetrated with the sharpness and strength of that early impression , I have continued ever since , without the least deviation , in my original sentiments . Whether this be owing to an obstinate perseverance in error ...
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... authority . Propo- sitions are made , not only ineffectually , but somewhat disreputably , when the minds of men are not properly disposed for their reception ; and , for my part , I am not ambitious of ridicule - not absolutely a ...
... authority . Propo- sitions are made , not only ineffectually , but somewhat disreputably , when the minds of men are not properly disposed for their reception ; and , for my part , I am not ambitious of ridicule - not absolutely a ...
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Página 53 - The question with me is, not whether you have a right to render your people miserable, but whether it is not your interest to make them happy. It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do, but what humanity, reason and justice tell me I ought to do.
Página 22 - No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries ; no climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise ever carried this most perilous mode of...
Página 30 - There is, however, a circumstance attending these colonies which, in my opinion, fully counterbalances this difference, and makes the spirit of liberty still more high and haughty than in those to the northward. It is that in Virginia and the Carolinas they have a vast multitude of slaves. Where this is the case in any part of the world, those who are free are by far the most proud and jealous of their freedom.
Página 21 - Whilst we follow them among the tumbling mountains of ice, and behold them penetrating into the deepest frozen recesses of Hudson's Bay, and Davis's Straits; — whilst we are looking for them beneath the arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold, that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the. frozen serpent of the south.
Página 31 - In no country, perhaps, in the world is the law so general a study. The profession itself is numerous and powerful, and in most provinces it takes the lead. The greater number of the deputies sent to the Congress were lawyers. But all who read, and most do read, endeavor to obtain some smattering in that science.
Página 106 - England worship freedom they will turn their faces towards you. The more they multiply, the more friends you will have; the more ardently they love liberty, the more perfect will be their obedience. Slavery they can have anywhere. It is a weed that grows in every soil. They may have it from Spain, they may have it from Prussia. But until you become lost to all feeling of your true interest and your natural dignity, freedom they can have from none but you.
Página 47 - ... which compose a great empire. It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people.
Página 91 - All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. We balance inconveniences ; we give and take ; we remit some rights that we may enjoy others; and we choose rather to be happy citizens than subtle disputants.
Página 105 - Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government; they will cling and grapple to you, and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance.
Página 106 - It is a weed that grows in every soil. They may have it from Spain, they may have it from Prussia. But until you become lost to all feeling of your true interest and your natural dignity, freedom they can have from none but you. This is the commodity of price of which you have the monopoly.