 | Thomas Sowell - 2002 - 308 Seiten
...of the few. In politics as well, evolution is the keynote of the constrained vision. Burke declared: "A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation."3 Yet he would not subject whole political systems to "the mercy of untried speculations."4... | |
 | Claes G. Ryn - 2003 - 246 Seiten
...achievements. Even in historical periods of relative stability and continuity the words of Edmund Burke apply: "A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation." In a healthy civilization old and new must blend and shape each other: "The whole, at one time, is... | |
 | Peter James Stanlis - 2015 - 350 Seiten
...include a principle of change which recognized differences between men, or the state could not survive: "A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation." 64 Permanent political arrangements are meaningful only as they sustain and are sustained by the changing... | |
 | Lisa Wood - 2003 - 200 Seiten
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 | Claes G. Ryn - 2003 - 164 Seiten
...Cultural continuity itself requires change. As Edmund Burke says with regard to the political order, "A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation." In the same vein, Burke writes admiringly about the adaptability of the constitutional system that... | |
 | Glenn Melancon - 2003 - 178 Seiten
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 | W. Wesley McDonald - 2004 - 260 Seiten
...reform carried out in a civilized spirit was absolutely necessary to the continued vitality of society: "A state without the means of some change is without...which it wished the most religiously to preserve." On the other hand, whirlwind alteration in which the past is rudely cast aside precipitates de33. Kirk,... | |
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A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation. 
