Edmund Burke Quote

The moment you abate anything from the full rights of men to each govern himself, and suffer any artificial positive limitation upon those rights, from that moment the whole organization of government becomes a consideration of convenience.


Edmund Burke: being first principles selected from his writings. With an introductory essay by Robert Montgomery (ed. 1853)


The moment you abate anything from the full rights of men to each govern himself, and suffer any artificial positive limitation upon those rights,...

The moment you abate anything from the full rights of men to each govern himself, and suffer any artificial positive limitation upon those rights,...

The moment you abate anything from the full rights of men to each govern himself, and suffer any artificial positive limitation upon those rights,...

The moment you abate anything from the full rights of men to each govern himself, and suffer any artificial positive limitation upon those rights,...