 | James Conniff - Political Science - 1994 - 384 pages
...too." 61 In short, Burke hoped that, where force did not serve, generosity might work. In his words: "my hold of the colonies is in the close affection...though light as air, are as strong as links of iron." 62 From his own day to the present, Burke's American speeches have undergone extensive criticism from... | |
 | Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna - History - 1999 - 978 pages
...you essentially. For that service, for all service, whether of revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is in her interest in the British Constitution. My hold...affection which grows from common names, from kindred hlood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Political Science - 2000 - 540 pages
...you essentially. For that service, for all service, whether of revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is in her interest in the British constitution. My hold...colonies is in the close affection which grows from 33 Paradise Lost 4.96-97. common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection.... | |
 | Stephen K. White - Philosophy - 2002 - 134 pages
...bond that is the real foundation of Great Britain's "hold" over its colonies: "Close affection . . . grows from common names, from kindred blood, from...which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron."25 But governments can corrode these links by abusive policies. Against the recourse to "absolute... | |
 | John B. Morrall - Philosophy - 2004 - 162 pages
...more powerful. We quote again Burke's apparent anticipation of the ideal of the modern commonwealth: My hold of the colonies is in the close affection...from common names, from kindred blood, from similar priveleges, and equal protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are as strong as links... | |
 | George Anastaplo - Law - 2005 - 918 pages
...number of strictly federal offenses, and secondly to nonpolitical ones." (Chap. 6, n. 59, above.) . . . My hold of the colonies is in the close affection...blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. . . . Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government;... | |
 | Woodrow Wilson - History - 2006 - 469 pages
...masterful quality of the race, its intense and elevated conviction. "My hold on the colonies," he declares, "is in the close affection which grows from common...similar privileges, and equal protection. These are the ties which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the... | |
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My hold of the Colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. 
