 | 1840 - 612 頁
...the duty of a minister is to stand super antiqucts rias. ' A disposition to ' preserve,' he says, ' and an ability to improve, taken together, ' would be my standard of a statesman." We think it must be allowed by all thinking men, that, at the present time, there is no alternative... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 頁
...patriot, and a true politician, always considers how he shall make the most of the existing materials of his country. A disposition to preserve, and an...standard of a statesman. Every thing else is vulgar in the conception, perilous in the execution. There are moments in the fortune of states when particular... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1804 - 228 頁
...patriot, and a true politician, always considers how he shall make the most of the existing materials of his country. A disposition to preserve, and an...standard of a statesman. Every thing else is vulgar in the conception, perilous in the execution. There are moments in the fortune of states when particular... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1807 - 512 頁
...patriot, and a true politician! always considers how he shall make the most of the existing materials of his country. A disposition to preserve, and an...standard of a statesman. Every thing else is vulgar in the conception, perilous in the execution. There are moments in the fortune of states when particular... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1811 - 252 頁
...always considers how he shall make the most of the existing materials of his country. A-disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together,...standard of a statesman. Every thing else is vulgar in the conception, perilous in the execution. There are moments in the fortune of states when particular... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1814 - 258 頁
...patriot, and a true politician, always considers how be shall make the most of the existing materials of his country. A disposition to preserve, and an...standard of a statesman. Every thing else is vulgar in the conception, perilous in the cxo cutiou. There are moments in the fortune of states when particular... | |
 | Edmond Burke - 1815 - 240 頁
...patriot, and a true politician, always considers how he shall make the most of the existing materials of his country. A disposition to preserve, and an...standard of a statesman. Every thing else is vulgar in the conception, perilous in the execution. There are moments in the fortune of states when particular... | |
 | 1821 - 362 頁
...patriot, and a true politician, always considers how he shall make the most of the existing materials of his country. A disposition to preserve, and an...standard of a statesman. Every thing else is vulgar in the conception, perilous in the execution. i There are moments in the fortune of states when particular... | |
 | India. [Appendix.] - 1825 - 444 頁
...and " that a true poli" tician always considers how he shall make the most of " existing materials, A disposition to preserve, and an " ability to improve, taken together, would be my stan" dard of a statesman."* All innovations introduced into the laws of India in any other way, must... | |
 | Samuel Parr, John Johnstone - 1828 - 756 頁
...neither; but even when I changed, it should be to preserve," &c. p. 363 of Reflections. And again : " A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve,...standard of a statesman. Every thing else is vulgar in the conception, and perilous in the execution."—Page 233. f " Were both the progressive reward of... | |
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A man full of warm speculative benevolence may wish his society otherwise constituted than he finds it ; but a good patriot, and a true politician, always considers how he shall make the most of the existing materials of his country. A disposition to... 
