...island for commercial gain, and to extend her sovereignty in the South Seas, which only confirms that All government — indeed, every human benefit and...prudent act — is founded on compromise and barter. BURKE. After Cook's departure, nearly eleven years elapsed before another European ship called at Tahiti,...

...the demand of the Colonies had not been for Independence. support any given part of our Constitution, or even the whole of it together. I could easily,...every prudent act, is founded on /^compromise and 'liarterM We balance inconveniences; we give and take ; we remit some rights, that we may enjoy others...

...Englishmen stop is very short of the principles upon which we support any given part of our Constitution, or even the whole of it together. I could easily,...This is nothing but what is natural and proper. All gov- 20 eminent, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is...

...Englishmen stop very abort of the principles upon which we support any given part of our constitution ; or even the whole of it together. I could easily, if I had not already tired you, give you a very striking and convincing instance of it. This is nothing but what is natural and proper. All...

...despairing of uniting the colonies under the Federal Union, and realizing, in the language of Burke, that "all government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment,...prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter," were forced to accept some compro102 mises, and recognized the existence of slavery, though every Southern...

...despairing of uniting the colonies under the Federal Union, and realizing, in the language of Burke, that "all government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment,...prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter," were forced to accept some compromises, and recognized the existence of slavery, though every Southern...

...Englishmen stop very short of the principles upon which we support any given part of our Constitution, or even the whole of it together. I could easily, if I had not altogether tired you, give you very striking and convincing instances of it. This is nothing but what...

...compromises, although statesmanship does. One of the most notable utterances of Edmund Burke was : "All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment,...prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter." Great statesmen, on great occasions, speak not only to their countrymen and for the time being, but...

...he had been a senator himself, and partly realized the truth of Burke 's familiar observation that "all government — indeed, every human benefit and...prudent act — is founded on compromise and barter." If official action, which necessarily recognized slavery, were convincing evidence of approval of slavery,...

...he had been a senator himself, and partly realized the truth of Burke 's familiar observation that "all government — indeed, every human benefit and...prudent act — is founded on compromise and barter." If official action, which necessarily recognized slavery, were convincing evidence of approval of slavery,...