 My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron.  The Review of Reviews - 第 482 頁由 編輯 - 1903完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | John Phillip Reid - 2003 - 398 頁
...which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the Colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government; — they... | |
 | Julius Hunter, Julius K. Hunter - 1988 - 231 頁
...grows from commons names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. —Edmund Burke (1775) The pioneers who were bold enough to build mansions in the urban wilderness... | |
 | Walter Lippmann - 212 頁
...corporate being, though so insubstantial to our senses, binds, in Burke's words, a man to his country with "ties which though light as air, are as strong as links of iron." " That is why young men die in battle for their country's sake and why old men plant trees they will... | |
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