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" There is but one law for all, namely, that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity : — the law of nature and of nations. "
The Works of Edmund Burke - Page 59
by Edmund Burke - 1839
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Britsch und Kornmann: quellenkundliche Untersuchungen zur Theorie der ...

Otfried Schütz - Art - 1993 - 512 pages
...zeigt, daß er zwischen den beiden letzteren sehr wohl zu zu unterscheiden wußte: There is but one law for all, namely, that law which governs all law, the...equity, - the law of Nature and of Nations. So far äs any laws fortify this primeval law, and give it more precision, more energy, more effect by their...
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Famous Lines: A Columbia Dictionary of Familiar Quotations

Robert Andrews - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 666 pages
...The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke, vol. 9, ed. Paul Langford (1991). 3 There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the...justice, equity — the law of nature and of nations. EDMUND BURKE, (1729-1797) Irish philosopher, statesman. Speeches ... in the Trial of Warren Hastings,...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

Elizabeth M. Knowles - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1999 - 1160 pages
...1792, in The Worts vol. s (1812) 1 1 There is but one law for all, namely, that law which governs ¡ill law — the law of our Creator, the law of humanity,...justice, equity, the law of nature and of nations. speech, 28 May I 794, in EA Bond (ed.) Speeches ... ill the Trial с/ H'ifrrcn //i/.st/Mi/.v 1 1 8s9)...
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The Singapore Legal System

Kevin Tan - Justice, Administration of - 1999 - 570 pages
...perfection of reason" while Edmund Burke spoke of a 'higher law' "that law which governs all laws, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity — the law of nature, and of nations25." In this conception, law is tempered by justice which implies the need for flexibility in...
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International Tax Competition: Globalisation and Fiscal Sovereignty

Rajiv Biswas - Business & Economics - 2002 - 332 pages
...universally condemned. In these matters, as Edmund Burke put it on 28 May 1794: 'There is but one law for all, namely, that law which governs all law, the...justice, equity - the law of nature, and of nations'. It is quite another matter for any country to expect others to enforce its merely regulatory or positive...
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Crime and Punishment

Philip Steele - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2003 - 74 pages
...regardless of where they live? What would be the advantages and disadvantages? There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the...justice, equity - the law of nature, and of nations. Edmund Burke, lrish statesman and philosopher (1729-97) What are laws for? Laws may vary greatly around...
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America-A Call To Greatness

John W Chalfant - Religion - 2003 - 266 pages
...Fathers with what it is becoming today. America was founded upon this premise: There is but one law for all, namely, that law which governs all law, the...humanity, justice, equity — the law of nature and of nations.84 Moral Relativism One telling indication of America's spiritual state is evident in the widespread...
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Edmund Burke and the Natural Law

Peter James Stanlis - Law - 2015 - 350 pages
...the sixty entries under Burke's name in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is this: "There is but one law for all, namely, that law which governs all law, the...humanity, justice, equity — the law of nature, and of nations."3 So the dispute continues. Burke's attitude towards the natural law and its relation to the...
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Character for Life: An American Heritage: Profiles of Great Men and Women of ...

Don Hawkinson - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 470 pages
...orator, author, and leader in Great Britain, defended the colonies in Parliament. "There is but one law for all, namely, that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator." Patrick Henry Patrick Henry, five-time Governor of Virginia, whose "Give me liberty or give me death"...
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A Turn to Empire: The Rise of Imperial Liberalism in Britain and France

Jennifer Pitts - Philosophy - 2009 - 400 pages
...rather general references to these Asian systems of law was his assertion that a universal law — "the law of humanity, Justice, Equity, the Law of Nature and of Nations" ( WS 7:280) — underlies the laws of all societies. In his opening impeachment speech, Burke insisted...
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