On the record
Every step in securing the subjection of the conquered country was attended with the utmost care in providing for its peace and internal order.
Said by
Edmund Burke
Source
gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Every step in securing the subjection of the conquered country was attended with the utmost care in providing for its…”
Editor's note · Context
Burke discusses the careful measures taken to maintain peace and order in conquered territories, emphasizing the importance of stability.
Share
More from Edmund Burke
Jan 1, 1790
The improvements of the National Assembly are superficial, their errors fundamental.
Jan 1, 1790
Our people will find employment enough for a truly patriotic, free, and independent spirit, in guarding what they possess from violation.
Jan 1, 1790
I think our happy situation owing to our Constitution,--but owing to the whole of it, and not to any part singly,--owing in a great measure to what we have left standing in our several reviews and reformations, as well as to what we have…
Jan 1, 1790
If any of them should happen to propose a scheme of liberty soberly limited, and defined with proper qualifications, he will be immediately outbid by his competitors, who will produce something more splendidly popular.
Other voices in this conversation
