On the record
This victory, which seemed to put an immediate end to all difficulties, perfected us in that spirit of domination which our unparalleled prosperity had but too long nurtured.
Said by
Edmund Burke
Source
gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “This victory, which seemed to put an immediate end to all difficulties, perfected us in that spirit of domination which…”
Editor's note · Context
Burke critiques the consequences of a victory that fostered a dangerous sense of dominance.
Share
More from Edmund Burke
Jan 1, 1790
Who could doubt but that, at any expense to the state, of which they understood nothing, they must pursue their private interests, which they understood but too well?
Jan 1, 1790
Their objects would be enlarged with their elevation; but their disposition, and habits, and mode of accomplishing their designs must remain the same.
Jan 1, 1790
But an absurd theory on one side of a question forms no justification for alleging a false fact or promulgating mischievous maxims on the other.
Jan 1, 1790
No experience has taught us that in any other course or method than that of an hereditary crown our liberties can be regularly perpetuated and preserved sacred as our hereditary right.
Other voices in this conversation
