Forgotten Truths: Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Fine, Henry B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1451014317 ISBN 13: 9781451014310

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2010

Synopsis

Se&icatlon. Dear Lord Wemyss, To you, the constant, indomitable, and fearless champion of the principles which Edmund Burke held dear, I respectfully dedicate this book. If the great man from whose works I have ventured (I trust with all becoming reverence) to glean the following words of wisdom were to come among us once more, he would discover, I fear, in our present politics but little to win his approval. On all sides he would find evidences of the encroachments made by the State on personal freedom and proprietary rights, the twin pillars upon which, as he himself showed, the whole fabric of the British Constitution rests. It would, however, doubtless comfort him to observe that there are still some worshippers at the shrine of Liberty- among whom you are honourably distinguished-who have refused to bow the knee to the Baal of State Socialism. Undeterred by the blandishments of party and the abuse of faction, you have held fast to the grand principles of true Liberalism, as t

Table of Contents

CONTENTS; Dedication; Biographical Sketch of Edmund Burke Preliminary; Burke's Economic Viicw-s Burke's Political Philosophy Burke on Democratic and Party Government Burke and the British Constitution Burke as Member for Bristol Burke and the French Revolution Burke's Versatility as Writer and Orator Burkeiana

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About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1451014317
• ISBN 13: 9781451014310
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 86