Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke
Insights into Political Philosophy and Statesmanship in the Enlightenment EraBy Edmund Burke
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In "Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke," the reader is invited into the profound political philosophy and oratory that shaped modern democratic thought. Burke'Äôs eloquent prose intertwines rich historical context with poignant moral reasoning, addressing the complexities of governance, social order, and individual rights during a tumultuous period of revolutionary change. The selections showcase his masterful rhetoric and deep appreciation for the gradual evolution of society, advocating for prudence and tradition in the face of radical reform. Edmund Burke (1729-1797) was an Irish statesman, economist, and philosopher whose experiences in British parliament during the American and French revolutions significantly influenced his views on liberty and authority. His unique perspective as both a critic and a supporter of reform reflects his commitment to moderate principles grounded in historical continuity and cultural context. These writings are not merely political statements but rather a testament to Burke'Äôs enduring advocacy for human dignity and rational discourse in public life. This collection is essential for anyone seeking to understand the foundations of conservative thought and the discourse surrounding freedom and order. Burke'Äôs insights remain remarkably relevant, offering profound guidance for contemporary debates on governance and society. Readers will find in these selections a compelling and timeless reflection on the delicate balance between change and tradition.
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1INTRODUCTORY ESSAY.
180ECONOMY ON STATE PRINCIPLES.
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181PHILOSOPHICAL VANITY; ITS MAXIMS, AND EFFECTS.
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182UNITY BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE.
4APPENDIX.
183TRIPLE BASIS OF FRENCH REVOLUTION.
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184I.—REGICIDE.
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185II.—JACOBINISM.
7NATURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
186III.—ATHEISM.
8RETROSPECT AND RESIGNATION.
187CORRESPONDENT SYSTEM OF MANNERS AND MORALS.
9MODESTY OF MIND.
188FEROCITY OF JACOBINISM.
10NEWTON AND NATURE.
189VOICE OF OPPRESSION.
11THEORY AND PRACTICE.
190BRITAIN VINDICATED IN HER WAR WITH FRANCE.
12INDUCTION AND COMPARISON.
191POLISH AND FRENCH REVOLUTION.
13DIVINE POWER ON THE HUMAN IDEA.
192EUROPE IN 1789.
14UNION OF LOVE AND DREAD IN RELIGION.
193ATHEISM CANNOT REPENT.
15OFFICE OF SYMPATHY.
194OUTWARD DIGNITY OF THE CHURCH DEFENDED.
16WORDS.
195DANGER OF ABSTRACT VIEWS.
17NATURE ANTICIPATES MAN.
196APPEAL TO IMPARTIALITY.
18SELF-INSPECTION.
197HISTORICAL ESTIMATE OF LOUIS XVI.
19POWER OF THE OBSCURE.
198NEGATIVE RELIGION A NULLITY.
20FEMALE BEAUTY.
199ANTECHAMBER OF REGICIDE.
21NOVELTY AND CURIOSITY.
200TREMENDOUSNESS OF WAR.
22PLEASURES OF ANALOGY.
201ENGLISH OFFICERS.
23AMBITION.
202DIPLOMACY OF HUMILIATION.
24EXTENSIONS OF SYMPATHY.
203RELATION OF WEALTH TO NATIONAL DIGNITY.
25PHILOSOPHY OF TASTE.
204AMBASSADORS OF INFAMY.
26CLEARNESS AND STRENGTH IN STYLE.
205DIFFICULTY THE PATH TO GLORY.
27UNITY OF IMAGINATION.
206ROBESPIERRE AND HIS COUNTERPARTS.
28EFFECT OF WORDS.
207ACCUMULATION, A STATE PRINCIPLE.
29INVESTIGATION.
208WARNING FOR A NATION.
30THE SUBLIME.
209SANTERRE AND TALLIEN.
31OBSCURITY.
210SIR SYDNEY SMITH.
32PRINCIPLES OF TASTE.
211A MORAL DISTINCTION.
33THE BEAUTIFUL.
212INFIDELS AND THEIR POLICY.
34THE REAL AND THE IDEAL.
213WHAT A MINISTER SHOULD ATTEMPT.
35JUDGMENT IN ART.
214LAW OF VICINITY.
36MORAL EFFECTS OF LANGUAGE.
215EUROPEAN COMMUNITY.
37SECURITY OF TRUTH.
216PERILS OF JACOBIN PEACE.
38IMITATION AN INSTINCTIVE LAW.
217PARLIAMENTARY AND REGAL PREROGATIVE.
39STANDARD OF REASON AND TASTE.
218BURKE'S DESIGN IN HIS GREATEST WORK.
40USE OF THEORY.
219LORD KEPPEL.
41POLITICAL OUTCASTS.
220"LABOURING POOR."
42INJUSTICE TO OUR OWN AGE.
221STATE CONSECRATED BY THE CHURCH.
43FALSE COALITIONS.
222FATE OF LOUIS XVIII.
44POLITICAL EMPIRICISM.
223NOBILITY.
45A VISIONARY.
224LEGISLATION AND REPUBLICANS.
46PARTY DIVISIONS.
225PRINCIPLE OF STATE-CONSECRATION.
47DECORUM IN PARTY.
226BRITISH STABILITY.
48NOT SO BAD AS WE SEEM.
227LITERARY ATHEISTS.
49POLITICS WITHOUT PRINCIPLE.
228CITY OF PARIS.
50MORAL DEBASEMENT PROGRESSIVE.
229PRINCIPLE OF CHURCH PROPERTY.
51DESPOTISM.
230PARSIMONY NOT ECONOMY.
52JUDGMENT AND POLICY.
231MAJESTY OF THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION.
53POPULAR DISCONTENT.
232DUTY NOT BASED ON WILL.
54THE PEOPLE AND THEIR RULERS.
233ECCLESIASTICAL CONFISCATION.
55GOVERNMENT FAVOURITISM.
234MORAL OF HISTORY.
56ADMINISTRATION AND LEGISLATION.
235USE OF DEFECTS IN HISTORY.
57INFLUENCE OF THE CROWN.
236SOCIAL CONTRACT.
58VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
237PRESCRIPTIVE RIGHTS.
59FALLACY OF EXTREMES.
238MADNESS OF INNOVATION.
60PRIVATE CHARACTER A BASIS FOR PUBLIC CONFIDENCE.
239THE STATE, ITS OWN REVENUE.
61PREVENTION.
240METAPHYSICAL DEPRAVITY.
62CONFIDENCE IN THE PEOPLE.
241PERSONAL AND ANCESTRAL CLAIMS.
63FALSE MAXIMS ASSUMED AS FIRST PRINCIPLES.
242MONASTIC AND PHILOSOPHIC SUPERSTITION.
64LORD CHATHAM.
243DIFFICULTY AND WISDOM OF CORPORATE REFORM.
65GRENVILLE.
244DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER OF ENGLISH PROTESTANTISM.
66CHARLES TOWNSHEND.
245FICTITIOUS LIBERTY.
67PARTY AND PLACE.
246FRENCH IGNORANCE OF ENGLISH CHARACTER.
68POLITICAL CONNECTIONS.
247THE "PEOPLE," AND "OMNIPOTENCE" OF PARLIAMENT.
69NEUTRALITY.
248MAGNANIMITY OF ENGLISH PEOPLE.
70WEAKNESS IN GOVERNMENT.
249TRUE BASIS OF CIVIL SOCIETY.
71AMERICAN PROGRESS.
250ROUSSEAU.
72COMBINATION, NOT FACTION.
251MORAL HEROES.
73GREAT MEN.
252KINGDOM OF FRANCE.
74POWER OF CONSTITUENTS.
253GRIEVANCE AND OPINION.
75INFLUENCE OF PLACE IN GOVERNMENT.
254PERPLEXITY AND POLICY.
76TAXATION INVOLVES PRINCIPLE.
255HISTORICAL INSTRUCTION.
77GOOD MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT.
256MONTESQUIEU.
78FISHERIES OF NEW ENGLAND.
257ARTICLES, AND SCRIPTURE.
79PREPARATION FOR PARLIAMENT.
258PROBLEM OF LEGISLATION.
80BATHURST AND AMERICA'S FUTURE.
259ORDER, LABOUR, AND PROPERTY.
81CANDID POLICY.
260REGICIDAL LEGISLATURE.
82WISDOM OF CONCESSION.
261GOVERNMENT NOT TO BE RASHLY CENSURED.
83MAGNANIMITY.
262ETIQUETTE.
84DUTY OF REPRESENTATIVES.
263ANCIENT ESTABLISHMENTS.
85PRUDENTIAL SILENCE.
264SENTIMENT AND POLICY.
86COLONIAL TIES.
265PATRIOTISM.
87GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATION.
266NECESSITY, A RELATIVE TERM.
88PARLIAMENT.
267KING JOHN AND THE POPE.
89MORAL LEVELLERS.
268CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCE.
90PUBLIC SALARY AND PATRIOTIC SERVICE.
269"PRIESTS OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN."
91RATIONAL LIBERTY.
270"HIS GRACE."
92IRELAND AND MAGNA CHARTA.
271SPECULATION AND HISTORY.
93COLONIES AND BRITISH CONSTITUTION.
272LABOUR AND WAGES.
94RECIPROCAL CONFIDENCE.
273A COMPLETE REVOLUTION.
95PENSIONS AND THE CROWN.
274BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN INDIA.
96COLONIAL PROGRESS.
275MONEY AND SCIENCE.
97FEUDAL PRINCIPLES AND MODERN TIMES.
276POLITICAL AXIOMS.
98RESTRICTIVE VIRTUES.
277I.
99LIBELLERS OF HUMAN NATURE.
278II.
100REFUSAL A REVENUE.
279III.
101A PARTY MAN.
280IV.
102PATRIOTISM AND PUBLIC INCOME.
281V.
103AMERICAN PROTESTANTISM.
282VI.
104RIGHT OF TAXATION.
283VII.
105CONTRACTED VIEWS.
284VIII.
106ASSIMILATING POWER OF CONTACT.
285X.
107PRUDENCE OF TIMELY REFORM.
286XI.
108DIFFICULTIES OF REFORMERS.
287XII.
109PHILOSOPHY OF COMMERCE.
288DISAPPOINTED AMBITION.
110THEORIZING POLITICIANS.
289DIFFICULTY AN INSTRUCTOR.
111ECONOMY AND PUBLIC SPIRIT.
290SOVEREIGN JURISDICTIONS.
112REFORM OUGHT TO BE PROGRESSIVE.
291PRUDERY OF FALSE REFORM.
113CIVIL FREEDOM.
292EXAGGERATION.
114TENDENCIES OF POWER.
293TACTICS OF CABAL.
115INDIVIDUAL GOOD AND PUBLIC BENEFIT.
294GOVERNMENT, RELATIVE, NOT ABSOLUTE.
116PUBLIC CORRUPTION.
295GENERAL VIEWS.
117CRUELTY AND COWARDICE.
296MAGNITUDE IN BUILDING.
118BAD LAWS PRODUCE BASE SUBSERVIENCY.
297SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE.
119FALSE REGRET.
298EAST-INDIA BILL AND COMPANY.
120BRITISH DOMINION IN EAST INDIA.
299PARLIAMENTS AND ELECTIONS.
121POLITICAL CHARITY.
300RELIGION AND MAGISTRACY.
122EVILS OF DISTRACTION.
301PERSECUTION, FALSE IN THEORY.
123CHARLES FOX.
302IRISH LEGISLATION.
124THE IMPRACTICABLE UNDESIRABLE.
303HENRY OF NAVARRE.
125CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONS.
304TEST ACTS.
126EMOLUMENTS OF OFFICE.
305WHAT FACTION OUGHT TO TEACH.
127MORAL DISTINCTIONS.
306GRIEVANCES BY LAW.
128ELECTORS AND REPRESENTATIVES.
307REVOLUTIONARY POLITICS.
129POPULAR OPINION A FALLACIOUS STANDARD.
308TOLERATION BECOME INTOLERANT.
130ENGLISH REFORMATION.
309WILKES AND RIGHT OF ELECTION.
131PROSCRIPTION.
310ROCKINGHAM AND CONWAY.
132JUST FREEDOM.
311POLITICS IN THE PULPIT.
133ENGLAND'S EMBASSY TO AMERICA.
312WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR.
134HOWARD, THE PHILANTHROPIST.
313KING ALFRED.
135PARLIAMENTARY RETROSPECT.
314DRUIDS.
136PEOPLE AND PARLIAMENT.
315SAXON CONQUEST AND CONVERSION.
137REFORMED CIVIL LIST.
316MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
138FRENCH AND ENGLISH REVOLUTION.
317MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR RESULTS.
139ARMED DISCIPLINE.
318COMMON LAW AND MAGNA CHARTA.
140GILDED DESPOTISM.
319EUROPE AND THE NORMAN INVASION.
141OUR FRENCH DANGERS.
320ANCIENT INHABITANTS OF BRITAIN.
142SIR GEORGE SAVILLE.
321PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS.
143CORRUPTION NOT SELF-REFORMED.
322TRUE NATURE OF A JACOBIN WAR.
144THE BRIBED AND THE BRIBERS.
323NATIONAL DIGNITY.
145HYDER ALI.
324PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT NOT ABSOLUTE, BUT RELATIVE.
146REFORMATION AND ANARCHY CONTRASTED AND COMPARED.
325DECLARATION OF 1793.
147CONFIDENCE AND JEALOUSY.
326MORAL DIET.
148ECONOMY OF INJUSTICE.
327KING WILLIAM'S POLICY.
149SUBSISTENCE AND REVENUE.
328DISTEMPER OF REMEDY.
150AUTHORITY AND VENALITY.
329WAR AND WILL OF THE PEOPLE.
151PREROGATIVE OF THE CROWN AND PRIVILEGE OF PARLIAMENT.
330FALSE POLICY IN OUR FRENCH WAR.
152BURKE AND FOX.
331MORAL ESSENCE MAKES A NATION.
153PEERS AND COMMONS.
332PUBLIC SPIRIT.
154NATURAL SELF-DESTRUCTION.
333PROGRESSIVE GROWTH OF CHRISTIAN STATES.
155THE CARNATIC.
334PETTY INTERESTS.
156ABSTRACT THEORY OF HUMAN LIBERTY.
335PIUS VII.
157POLITICS AND THE PULPIT.
336EXTINCTION OF LOCAL PATRIOTISM.
158IDEA OF FRENCH REVOLUTION.
337WALPOLE AND HIS POLICY.
159PATRIOTIC DISTINCTION.
338POLITICAL PEACE.
160KINGLY POWER NOT BASED ON POPULAR CHOICE.
339PUBLIC LOANS.
161PREACHING DEMOCRACY OF DISSENT.
340HISTORICAL STRICTURES.
162JARGON OF REPUBLICANISM.
341CONSTITUTION NOT THE PEOPLE'S SLAVE.
163CONSERVATIVE PROGRESS OF INHERITED FREEDOM.
342MODERN "LIGHTS."
164CONSERVATION AND CORRECTION.
343REPUBLICS IN THE ABSTRACT.
165HEREDITARY SUCCESSION OF ENGLISH CROWN.
344AN ENGLISH MONARCH.
166LIMITS OF LEGISLATIVE CAPACITY.
345PHYSIOGNOMY.
167OUR CONSTITUTION, NOT FABRICATED, BUT INHERITED.
346THE EYE.
168LOW AIMS AND LOW INSTRUMENTS.
347ABOLITION AND USE OF PARLIAMENTS.
169HOUSE OF COMMONS CONTRASTED WITH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
348CROMWELL AND HIS CONTRASTS.
170PROPERTY, MORE THAN ABILITY, REPRESENTED IN PARLIAMENT.
349DELICACY.
171VIRTUE AND WISDOM QUALIFY FOR GOVERNMENT.
350CONFISCATION AND CURRENCY.
172NATURAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS.
351"OMNIPOTENCE OF CHURCH PLUNDER."
173MARIE ANTOINETTE.
352UGLINESS.
174SPIRIT OF A GENTLEMAN AND THE SPIRIT OF RELIGION.
353GRACE.
175POWER SURVIVES OPINION.
354ELEGANCE AND SPECIOUSNESS.
176CHIVALRY A MORALIZING CHARM.
355THE BEAUTIFUL IN FEELING.
177SACREDNESS OF MORAL INSTINCTS.
356THE BEAUTIFUL IN SOUNDS.
178PARENTAL EXPERIENCE.
357BRITISH CHURCH.
179REVOLUTIONARY SCENE.
358INDEX.
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