...arms . . .' — Wif. GIFFORD. 51 easily, if I had not already tired you, give you very strikingand convincing instances of it. This is nothing but what is natural and proper. All government, indeed erery human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and...

...toujours avec modération". Notre grand compatriote cite alors cet axiome si vrai d'Edmund Burke : "Ail government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment,...virtue and every prudent act is founded on compromise". "Sans la modération, disait Napoléon, il peut bien exister une faction, mais jamais un gouvernement...

...Englishmen stop very short of the principles upon which we support any given part of our Constitution, or even the whole of it together. I could easily, if I had not already 20 tired you, give you very striking and convincing instances of it. This is "nothing but what is natural...

...universal restraint." All this anticipates his practical attitude in after life. In his own words, "all Government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment,...and every prudent act is founded on compromise and barter1." It is "action and counter-action which in the natural and in the political world from the...

...section were conceived and uttered in the spirit of conciliation. " All government," said Mr. Burke, " indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment — every...prudent act — is founded on compromise and barter." Every wise statesman of every nation recognizes this, and at times even despots have been well enough...

...liberty, like other abstractions, is not to be found." j. " Parties must ever exist in a free country." k. "All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment,...prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter." I. "Man acts from adequate motives relative to his interest, and not on metaphysical speculations."...

...principle, either of government or of freedom as far as it will go in argument or logical illation. All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment,...prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter." Lord North had made proposals for conciliation, moderate and accepted by the House, not to lay any...

...distinguish between concession and capitulation, of course, but as Burke observed, "All governments, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue...and every prudent act, is founded on compromise." ******* The modern executive must present to the modern legislature the programs he believes to be...

...that voluntary system to develop national standards for materials, products, systems, and services. "All government — indeed, every human benefit and...prudent act — is founded on compromise and barter." — Edmund Burke WHAT IS A STANDARD? A standard is a rule that tells us how to do a specific thing....

...leave it and those who split the difference. Father Ronald Knox (1888-1957) British clergyman, writer All government — indeed every human benefit and...prudent act — is founded on compromise and barter. Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Irish philosopher, statesman If one cannot catch a bird of paradise, better...