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Edmund Burke urged Englishmen not to congratulate the French revolutionaries on their new-found liberty until they knew what they would do with it.
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Posted March 31 2022
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Edmund Burke tore into the directors of the East India Company, accusing them of doing less for the country than India’s mediaeval conquerors.
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Posted February 6 2022
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French essayist Voltaire provoked the wrath of his government by explaining how England was superior to every European state including the Roman Empire.
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Posted October 21 2021
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Edmund Burke told the House of Commons that the American colonies’ refusal to be dictated to by Westminster was the very spirit that had made the Empire great.
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Posted August 20 2021
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Lord Halifax tacks gratefully into the Winds of Liberty, though he trims his sails to avoid being blown into republicanism.
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Posted February 25 2021
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Following the Restoration of King Charles II, the country charted a well-planned course between the extremes of civil licence and Government control.
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Posted February 24 2021