 It is an obvious truth, that no constitution can defend itself: it must be defended by the wisdom and fortitude of men. These are what no constitution can give : they are the gifts of God ; and he alone knows whether we shall possess such gifts at the...  The Works of ... Edmund Burke - Side 112af Edmund Burke - 1812Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Edmund Burke - 1813 - 600 sider
...call for remedies commensurate to enormous evils. It is an obvious truth, that no constitution can defend itself: it must be defended by the wisdom and...time we stand in need of them. Constitutions furnish Ihe civil means of getting at the natural ; it is all that in this case they can do. But our constitution... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1826 - 676 sider
...call for remedies commensurate to enormous evils. It is an obvious truth, that no constitution can defend itself: it must be defended by the wisdom and fortitude of VOL. v. 11 men. These are what no constitution can give : they are the gifts of God ; and he alone... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1834 - 662 sider
...call for remedies commensurate to enormous evils. It is an obvious truth, that no constitution can robine, was ever nugatory, but ' now it is sunk into...the lowest contempt. The ' original establishment, lie alone knows, whether we shall possess such gifts at the time when we stand in need of them. Constitutions... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1837 - 660 sider
...call for remedies commensurate to enormous evils. It is an obvious truth, that no constitution can defend itself: it must be defended by the wisdom and...knows, whether we shall possess such gifts at the time when we stand in need of them. Constitutions furnish the civil means of getting at the natural ; it... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1860 - 638 sider
...enormous evils. It is an ohvious truth, that no constitution can defend itself: it must he defended hy er will he, nor ever can he, the least rational hope of making an impression on France hy Uono knows whether wt shall possess such gifts at the time we stand in need of them. Constitutions... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1861 - 568 sider
...truth, that no constitution can defend itself: it must be defended by tlie wisdom and fortitude of y men. These are what no constitution can give : they...; it is all that in this case they can do. But our J constitution has more impediments than helps. Its excellencies, when they come to be put to this... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1886 - 276 sider
...the fall thereof.— Obser. on Pres. State of Nation. It is an obvious truth that no constitution can defend itself: it must be defended by the wisdom and...knows whether we shall possess such gifts at the time when we stand in need of them.— Second Letter on Reg. Peace. STATE WITHOUT THE MEANS OF SOME CHANGE... | |
 | Howard Lee McBain, Lindsay Rogers - 1922 - 638 sider
...written instruments of government are merely a first step, for, as Burke pointed out, constitutions "must be defended by the wisdom and fortitude of men....possess such gifts at the time we stand in need of them."2 1Bryce, Modern Democracies, Vol. II, pp. 607-608. 2Letten on a Regicide Peace, IV. In a different... | |
 | 1923 - 280 sider
...cannot be put into constitutions, but must come from God himself — virtue and wisdom. Constitutions "must be defended by the wisdom and fortitude of men....such gifts at the time we stand in need of them." (Letters on a Regicide Peace, IV.) As the system stands, the people and Congress and the Bar have a... | |
 | James Conniff - 1994 - 384 sider
...the possibility of effective human action. He wrote, "it is an obvious truth that no constitution can defend itself: it must be defended by the wisdom and fortitude of men;" and "miserable works have been defended by the constancy of the garrison. Weatherbeaten ships have... | |
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