Edmund Burke and His World"Edmund Burke PC (12 January [NS] 1729[1]? 9 July 1797) was an Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher, who, after moving to England, served for many years in the House of Commons of Great Britain as a member of the Whig party. He is mainly remembered for his support of the cause of the American Revolutionaries, and for his later opposition to the French Revolution. The latter led to his becoming the leading figure within the conservative faction of the Whig party, which he dubbed the "Old Whigs", in opposition to the pro?French Revolution "New Whigs", led by Charles James Fox. Burke was praised by both conservatives and liberals in the 19th century. Since the 20th century, he has generally been viewed as the philosophical founder of modern conservatism, as well as a representative of classical liberalism."--Wikipedia. |
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... means to pay them . The other men in his household , be- lieving he had far more important things to do with his time , never distracted him with arguments about money . That may be one reason why , in 1768 , he made the most foolish ...
... means to pay them . The other men in his household , be- lieving he had far more important things to do with his time , never distracted him with arguments about money . That may be one reason why , in 1768 , he made the most foolish ...
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... mean the Peers , I have no vulgar admiration , nor any vulgar antipathy , towards them . I hold their order in cold and decent respect . I hold them to be of an absolute necessity in the constitution , but I think they are only good ...
... mean the Peers , I have no vulgar admiration , nor any vulgar antipathy , towards them . I hold their order in cold and decent respect . I hold them to be of an absolute necessity in the constitution , but I think they are only good ...
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... means of bringing about social improvement , not even during the American Revolution . He did not regard that war as a revolution anyway ; he considered it a civil war . The Americans had not tried to destroy the British system of ...
... means of bringing about social improvement , not even during the American Revolution . He did not regard that war as a revolution anyway ; he considered it a civil war . The Americans had not tried to destroy the British system of ...
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The First Years 17291744 | 1 |
Dublin Years 17441750 | 11 |
Irish Greenhorn in England 1750 | 23 |
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