May 11, 2013
5 FOR 5 ISN'T MIXED:
Edmund Burke - the great conservative who foresaw the discontents of our era (Jesse Norman, 09 May 2013, The Telegraph)
Despite a chequered career, 250 years later it is Burke who offers the deepest critique of politics today, and the greatest hope for its future.Burke came to prominence in the age of Dr Johnson, David Hume, Adam Smith and Edward Gibbon. Over his long career he fought five great political battles: for more equal treatment of Catholics in Ireland; against British oppression of the 13 American colonies; for constitutional restraints on royal patronage; against the power of the East India Company in India; and most famously, against the dogma of the French Revolution. Their common theme is his detestation of injustice and the abuse of power.In these battles Burke's record was mixed.
Posted by Orrin Judd at May 11, 2013 5:50 PM
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