...me to be narrow and pedantick, to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great publick contest. I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against an whole people. I cannot insult and ridicule the feelings of millions of my fellow creatures, as Sir...

...imprisonment, for sizeable numbers of trade unionists if they broke the trade union law. Edmund Burke's dictum: 'I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against an whole people' is no less relevant in the enforcement of tax laws. There are some 35 million taxpayers,...

...disregarding normal restraints and customary forms of civilised conduct? Edmund Burke was right when he wrote: 'I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people.' The record of the French people is mixed: mercenary, subservient, heroic, cautious, opportunistic,...

...several communities which compose a great empire." Burke conceded that as to the American colonists, "I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people." Furthermore, "I cannot insult and ridicule the feelings of millions of my fellow creatures." Harrison...

...several communities 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...know the method of drawing up an indictment against an whole people. I cannot insult and ridicule the feelings of millions of my fellow-creaturss ... I...

...several communities 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...know the method of drawing up an indictment against an whole people. I cannot insult and ridicule the feelings of millions of my fellow-creatures as Sir...