 | Edmund Burke - Political science - 1804 - 228 pages
...knaves. Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appe'tite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there...cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters. Liberty when men act in bodies, is power. Considerate people before they declare themselves, will observe... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 pages
...knaves. Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there...cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters. Liberty when men act in bodies, is power. Considerate people before they declare themselves, will observe... | |
 | Edmond Burke - English literature - 1815 - 240 pages
...knaves. Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there...cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters. Liberty when men act in bodies, is power. Considerate people before they declare themselves, will observe... | |
 | John James M'Gregor - 1816 - 508 pages
...cannot exist unless a controuliug power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere; and the less •f it there is within, the more there must be without. It is ordain*d by the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free—Their... | |
 | James Hardie - Freemasonry - 1818 - 392 pages
...moral chains upon their appetites — in proportion as their love of justice is above their capacity. It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be frtef their passions forge their fetters." In every well governed lodge, there will be found, the Bible,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1823 - 390 pages
...Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the Jess of it there is within, the more there must be without....cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters. This sentence the prevalent part of your countrymen execute on themselves. They possessed, not long... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1828 - 182 pages
...knaves. Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there...cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters. MANNERS. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded... | |
 | Theology - 1825 - 688 pages
...says Burke, " cannot exist unless a controlling power upon the will and appetite he placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without." The reverse is likewise true. Our fathers in taking away external restraints, that is, in establishing... | |
 | Robert Smith - Society of Friends - 1829 - 432 pages
...attached to the door of the publisher's office, for the reception oY communications for "The Friend." It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things,...intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.—Ed. Burke. Deep humility is a strong bulwark; and as we enter into it, we find safety and... | |
 | Ralph Randolph Gurley - African Americans - 1835 - 576 pages
...When qualified therefor, there should be no hesitation in conferring it upon them. "It is advanced in the eternal constitution of things, that men of...cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters." • Dr. Beecher. and ascertain whether suitable Territory could be purchased for the proposed Colony.... | |
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Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without. It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot... 
