...composed and at rest, from their conduct or their expressions in a state of disturbance and irritation. It is, besides, a very great mistake to imagine that...our Constitution, or even the whole of it together. ... All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act, is...

...people wish that it should, and take the right steps to make it better." Burke had remarked that "it is a very great mistake to imagine that mankind follow...far as it will go in argument and logical illation." Morley expanded approvingly: "What Burke means is that we ought never to press ideas up to their remotest...

...people wish that it should, and take the right steps to make it better." Burke had remarked that "it is a very great mistake to imagine that mankind follow...principle, either of government or of freedom, as far as ii will go in argument and logical illation." Morley expanded approvingly: "What Burke means is that...

...practical and less theoretical than those of the Jacobins. He said it best in the "Speech on Conciliation": We Englishmen stop very short of the principles upon...our Constitution; or even the whole of it together. ... All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act,...

...politics than consensus. It is, to quote Burke, a very great mistake to imagine that mankind follows up practically any speculative principle, either of...government or of freedom, as far as it will go in actual argument or logical illation. All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every...

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...should be realistic proposals, not theoretical ideas or legalistic notions. It was not the way of man to 'follow up practically any speculative principle,...government or of freedom, as far as it will go in argument or logical illation', [sic] 6 On the contrary: 'The question with me is, not whether you have a right...

...exercised. Burke's own mentality, very different from Price's, saturates this contrasting passage: It is ... a very great mistake to imagine, that mankind follow...our constitution; or even the whole of it together This is nothing but what is natural and proper. All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment,...

...referred incessantly to prescriptive government, immemorial rights were not for him. Burke cautioned, "We Englishmen stop very short of the principles upon...our constitution; or even the whole of it together." Instead, constitutions rested on compromise. "We balance inconveniences; we give and take," Burke told...

...principle, either of government or of freedom, as far as it will go in argument and logical illation. 85 We Englishmen stop very short of the principles upon which we support any given part of oar Constitution, or even the whole of it together. I could easily, if I had not already tired you,...