 First, sir, permit me to observe, that the use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment, but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again : and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered, My next objection...  The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke - Page 47by Edmund Burke - 1801Full view - About this book
 | Arthur Howard Galton - English prose literature - 1888 - 368 pages
...alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment, but is does not remove the necessity of subduing again ; and a nation is not governed which is perpetually...of force, and an armament is not a victory. If you dp not succeed, you are without resource ; for, conciliation failing, force remains ; but, force failing,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1891 - 264 pages
...alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment ; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again : and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually...My next objection is its uncertainty. Terror is not 25 always the effect of force ; and an armament is not a victory. If you do not succeed, you are without... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1892 - 294 pages
...alone is but temporary. It may subdue for Su moment, but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again ; -and a nation is not governed which is perpetually...'My next o'bjection is its uncertainty. Terror is riot always the effect of force, and an armament is riot a victory. " If you do not succeed, you are... | |
 | Richard Congreve - Europe - 1892 - 940 pages
...temporary,' said Burke : ' It may subdue for a moment, but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again, and a nation is not governed which is perpetually to be conquered.' I would that the English people would awake not merely to a wiser policy, but to a higher morality... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 704 pages
...alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment, but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again ; and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually...force, and an armament is not a victory. If you do- not succeed, you are without resource ; for, conciliation failing, force remains ; but, force failing,... | |
 | Cornelius Beach Bradley - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1894 - 408 pages
...necessity of subduing again ; and a nation is not governed which is perpetually to be conquered. 25 My next objection is its uncertainty. Terror is not...force, and an armament is not a victory. If you do not succeed, you are without resource ; for, conciliation failing, force remains ; but, force failing,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1894 - 120 pages
...alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment, but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again ; and a nation is not governed which is perpetually to be conquered. 25 My next objection is its uncertainty. Terror is not always the effect of force, and an armament... | |
 | Cornelius Beach Bradley - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1894 - 408 pages
...alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment, but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again ; and a nation is not governed which is perpetually to be conquered. 25 My next objection is its uncertainty. Terror is not always the effect of force, and an armament... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1895 - 660 pages
...alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment, but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again ; and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually...force, and an armament is not a victory. If you do not succeed, you are without resource ; for, conciliation failing, force remains ; but, force failing,... | |
 | George Pierce Baker - Debates and debating - 1895 - 436 pages
...alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment ; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again : and a nation is not governed which is perpetually...; and an armament is not a victory. If you do not succeed, you are without resource : for, conciliation failing, force remains ; but force failing, no... | |
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