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Aristocracy and Justice: Shelburne Essays, Ninth Series - Page 26
by Paul Elmer More - 1915 - 242 pages
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A Letter from Mr. Burke, to a Member of the National Assembly: In Answer to ...

Edmund Burke - 1791 - 86 pages
....liberty on any ftandard. Men are qualified for civil liberty, in exact proportion to their difpofition to put moral chains upon their own appetites ; in proportion as their § '•- x~ love ( 69 ) love to juftjce is above their rapacity ; in proportion as their foundnefs...
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Letter to a Member of the National Assembly

Edmund Burke - 1791 - 232 pages
...liberty on any ftandard. Men are qualified for civil liberty, in exact proportion to their difpofition to put moral chains upon their own appetites; in proportion as their 3 love love to juftice is above their rapacity j in proportion as their foundnefs and fobriety of underftanding...
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Works, Volume 3

Edmund Burke - 1792 - 636 pages
...liberty on any ftandard. Men are qualified for civil liberty, in exact proportion to their difpofition to put moral chains upon their own appetites; in proportion as their love to juftice is above their rapacity , in proportion as their foundnefs and Ibbriety of undcrftandir.g is...
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The Works of ... Edmund Burke, Volume 6

Edmund Burke - 1803 - 390 pages
...liberty on any ftandard. Men are qualified for civil liberty, in exaft proportion to their difpofition to put moral chains upon their own appetites ; in proportion as their love to juftice is above their rapacity; in proportion as their foundnefs and fobriety of underftanding is...
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Maxims and Opinions: Moral, Political, and Economical, with Characters from ...

Edmund Burke - 1804 - 228 pages
...and every government is called tyranny and usurpation which is not formed on their fancies. * * * * Men are qualified for civil liberty, in exact proportion...as their soundness and sobriety of understanding is abovetheir vanity and presumption ; in proportion as they are more disposed to listen to the counsels...
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Maxims and opinions, moral, political and economical, with ..., Volume 1

Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 pages
...freedom ; and every government is called tyranny and usurpation which is not formed en their fancies. Men are qualified for civil liberty, in exact proportion...; in proportion as their soundness and sobriety of understandingisabovetheir vanity and presumption ; in proportion as they are more disposed to listen...
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Maxims, Opinions and Characters, Moral, Political, and Economical, Volume 1

Edmond Burke - 1815 - 240 pages
...freedom ; and every government is called tyranny and usurpation which is not formed on their fancies. Men are qualified for civil liberty, in exact proportion...as their soundness and sobriety of understanding is abovetheir vanity and presumption ; in proportion as they are more disposed to listen to the counsels...
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The New Free-mason's Monitor: Or, Masonic Guide. For the Direction of ...

James Hardie - 1818 - 392 pages
...warning us, that by an opposite course, we shall endanger our quiet, our health, our reputation, and our liberty. * '' Men are qualified for civil liberty,...to their disposition to put moral chains upon their appetites — in proportion as their love of justice is above their capacity. It is ordained in the...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: With a Portrait ..., Volume 6

Edmund Burke - 1823 - 390 pages
...liberty 1 I doubt much, very much indeed, F 2 whether France is at all ripe for liberty on any standard. Men are qualified for civil liberty, in exact proportion...their own appetites ; in proportion as their love to jqstice is above their rapacity ; in proportion as their soundness and sobriety of understanding is...
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A Visit to Greece in 1823 and 1824

George Waddington - 1825 - 330 pages
...impatient Greek ? I shall submit, till I am better informed, to the authority which teaches us that " Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion...to their disposition to put moral chains upon their appetites ; in proportion as their love of justice is above their rapacity," fyc. 8fc. If there be...
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