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The Cradle of Our Race

By Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke warned that the French Revolution could have a devastating effect on British and European culture.

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Portrait of a Lady

By Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke takes time off from campaigning for liberty to reflect on the delights of captivity.

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A Pledge to the People

By Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke pleaded with Parliament to emerge from behind closed doors and reconnect with the British public.

10

The Bond of Liberty

By Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke told fellow MPs that the only way to unite the peoples of the Empire was for London to set them an enviable example.

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Man Was Not Made for the Government

By Edmund Burke

Good government is not about enforcing uniform order, but about maximising liberty among a particular people.

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There is No Liberty without Self-Control

By Edmund Burke

Anti-Christian governments don’t make us free, they just impose their own, illiberal morality.