The works of ... Edmund Burke, Zväzok 71870 |
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Strana 3
... oppression of power were most conspicuous ; and of this kind , the Impeachment of Mr. Hastings was considered by Mr. Burke as beyond all com- parison the most interesting and momentous . The volume which is now inscribed to your ...
... oppression of power were most conspicuous ; and of this kind , the Impeachment of Mr. Hastings was considered by Mr. Burke as beyond all com- parison the most interesting and momentous . The volume which is now inscribed to your ...
Strana 10
... oppress you , it is im- possible that this form of trial should not , in the end , vanish out of the constitution . For we must not deceive ourselves ; whatever does not stand with credit cannot stand long . And if the constitution ...
... oppress you , it is im- possible that this form of trial should not , in the end , vanish out of the constitution . For we must not deceive ourselves ; whatever does not stand with credit cannot stand long . And if the constitution ...
Strana 15
... oppressed him by their power , as they had first corrupted him by their example . Instances there have been many ... oppression ; no , my lords , we have brought before you the first man of India in rank , authority , and station ...
... oppressed him by their power , as they had first corrupted him by their example . Instances there have been many ... oppression ; no , my lords , we have brought before you the first man of India in rank , authority , and station ...
Strana 27
... oppression and tyranny in the place of legal government . With all that unbounded , licentious power which he has assumed over the public revenues , instead of endeavouring to find a series of gradual , progressive , honour . able , and ...
... oppression and tyranny in the place of legal government . With all that unbounded , licentious power which he has assumed over the public revenues , instead of endeavouring to find a series of gradual , progressive , honour . able , and ...
Strana 30
... oppression in any of his fellow - servants . He who has taken a trifle perhaps as the reward of a good action is obliged to be silent when he sees whole nations desolated around him . The great crimi- nal at the head of the service has ...
... oppression in any of his fellow - servants . He who has taken a trifle perhaps as the reward of a good action is obliged to be silent when he sees whole nations desolated around him . The great crimi- nal at the head of the service has ...
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Strana 229 - My Lords, what is it that we want here to a great act of national justice ? Do we want a cause, my Lords ? You have the cause of oppressed princes, of undone women of the first rank, of desolated provinces, and of wasted kingdoms. Do you want a criminal, my Lords ? When was there so much iniquity ever laid to the charge of any one ? No, my Lords, you must not look to punish any other such delinquent from India.
Strana 101 - Law and arbitrary power are in eternal enmity. Name me a magistrate, and I will name property ; name me power, and I will name protection. It is a contradiction in terms, it is blasphemy in religion, it is wickedness in politics, to...
Strana 229 - Warren Hastings has not left substance enough in India to nourish such another delinquent. My lords, is it a prosecutor you want? You have before you the Commons of Great Britain as prosecutors, and I believe, my lords, that the sun in his beneficent progress round the world does not behold a more glorious sight than that of men, separated from a remote people by the material...
Strana 230 - We have here all the branches of the royal family in a situation between majesty and subjection, between the sovereign and the subject, offering a pledge in that situation for the support of the rights of the crown and the liberties of the people, both which extremities they touch. My lords, we have a great hereditary peerage here — those who have their own honour, the honour of their ancestors and of their posterity, to guard...