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" When popular discontents have been very prevalent, it may well be affirmed and supported that there has been generally something found amiss in the constitution or in the conduct of Government. The people have no interest in disorder. When they do wrong,... "
Observations on the State of Ireland: Principally Directed to Its ... - Page 139
by John Christian Curwen - 1818
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Gopal Krishna Gokhale: A Historical Biography

Tejumal Karamchand Shahani - India - 1929 - 400 pages
...inward. To quote again from Burke, " When popular discontents have been very prevalent, it may well be affirmed and supported, that there has been generally...in disorder. When they do wrong, it is their error, and not their crime. But with the governing part of the State, it is far otherwise. They certainly...
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The Age of the Democratic Revolution: The challenge

Robert Roswell Palmer - History - 1959 - 552 pages
...something found amiss in the constitution or in the conduct of government." And he added, like Rousseau: "The people have no interest in disorder. When they do wrong, it is their error, not their crime." The error to which the people were liable was in failing to see that the trouble lay with the King....
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The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke: Volume II: Party, Parliament and ...

Edmund Burke - Biography & Autobiography - 1981 - 536 pages
...perhaps justify me in going further. Where popular discontents have been very prevalent; it may well be affirmed and supported, that there has been generally...in disorder. When they do wrong, it is their error, and not their crime. But with the governing part of the State, it is far otherwise. They certainly...
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Pre-Revolutionary Writings

Edmund Burke - History - 1993 - 412 pages
...perhaps justify me in going further. Where popular discontents have been very prevalent; it may well be affirmed and supported, that there has been generally...in disorder. When they do wrong, it is their error, and not their crime. But with the governing part of the State, it is far otherwise. They certainly...
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Edmund Burke and the Discourse of Virtue

Stephen H. Browne - History - 1993 - 172 pages
...[of political rectitude] is at least upon a par in favor of the people." Ultimately, Burke concludes, "The people have no interest in disorder. When they do wrong it is their error and not their crime. But with the governing part of the state it is far otherwise. They may certainly...
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Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and Speeches

Edmund Burke - History - 1997 - 720 pages
...may perhaps justify me in going further. When popular discontents have been prevalent, it may well be affirmed and supported, that there has been generally...in disorder. When they do wrong, it is their error, and not their crime. But with the governing part of the state, it is far otherwise. They certainly...
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Democracy, Fascism and the New World Order

Ivo Mosley - Philosophy - 2003 - 108 pages
...these circumstances they have proved to be not malicious. This fits with Edmund Burke's observation: the people have no interest in disorder. When they do wrong, it is their error and not their crime. But with the governing part of the state, it is far otherwise. They may certainly...
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Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and Speeches

Edmund Burke - 718 pages
...may perhaps justify me in going further. When popular discontents have been prevalent, it may well be affirmed and supported, that there has been generally...in disorder. When they do wrong, it is their error, and not their crime. But with the governing part of the state, it is far otherwise. They certainly...
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The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke - History - 2008 - 574 pages
...perhaps justify me in going further. When popular discontents have been very prevalent, it may well be affirmed and supported, that there has been generally...in disorder. When they do wrong, it is their error, and not their crime. Bnt with the governing part of the state, it is far otherwise. They certainly...
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Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1913 - 220 pages
...perhaps justify me in going farther. When popular discontents have been very prevalent, it may well be affirmed and supported, that there has been generally...interest in disorder. When they do wrong, it is their errour, and not their crime. But with the governing part of the state, it is far otherwise. They certainly...
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