 First, sir, permit me to observe that the use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment, but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again, and a nation is not governed which is perpetually to be conquered.  The Works of ... Edmund Burke - Sivu 47tekijä(t) Edmund Burke - 1803Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Edmund Burke - 1891 - 264 sivua
...alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment ; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again : and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually...be conquered. My next objection is its uncertainty. Terror is not 25 always the effect of force ; and an armament is not a victory. If you do not succeed,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1892 - 294 sivua
...alone is but temporary. It may subdue for Su moment, but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again ; -and a nation is not governed which is perpetually...conquered. •;» 'My next o'bjection is its uncertainty. Terror is riot always the effect of force, and an armament is riot a victory. " If you do not succeed,... | |
 | Richard Congreve - 1892 - 940 sivua
...temporary,' said Burke : ' It may subdue for a moment, but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again, and a nation is not governed which is perpetually to be conquered.' I would that the English people would awake not merely to a wiser policy, but to a higher morality... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 704 sivua
...alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment, but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again ; and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually...be conquered. My next objection is its uncertainty. Terror is not always the effect of force, and an armament is not a victory. If you do- not succeed,... | |
 | Cornelius Beach Bradley - 1894 - 392 sivua
...not governed which is perpetually to be conquered. 25 My next objection is its uncertainty. Terror is not always the effect of force, and an armament is not a victory. If you do not succeed, you are without resource ; for, conciliation failing, force remains ; but, force failing,... | |
 | Cornelius Beach Bradley - 1894 - 408 sivua
...alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment, but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again ; and a nation is not governed which is perpetually to be conquered. 25 My next objection is its uncertainty. Terror is not always the effect of force, and an armament... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1894 - 120 sivua
...alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment, but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again ; and a nation is not governed which is perpetually to be conquered. 25 My next objection is its uncertainty. Terror is not always the effect of force, and an armament... | |
 | George Pierce Baker - 1895 - 438 sivua
...alone / is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment ; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again : and a nation is not governed which is perpetually...conquered. " My next objection is its uncertainty. Terror is not always the effect of force; and an armament is not a victory. If you do not succeed,... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1895 - 670 sivua
...alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment, but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again ; and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually...be conquered. My next objection is its uncertainty. Terror is not always the effect of force, and an armament is not a victory. If you do not succeed,... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1895 - 660 sivua
...alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment, but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again ; and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually...be conquered. My next objection is its uncertainty. Terror is not always the effect of force, and an armament is not a victory. If you do not succeed,... | |
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