The Best of Burke: Selected Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke (Conservative Leadership Series)

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No conservative library is complete without the thought of Edmund Burke the founder of modern conservatism. This is the most comprehensive anthology of his works and speeches. Peter J. Stanlis professor of humanities emeritus at Rockford College has taken care to preserve the beauty of Burkes prose while selecting the most essential passages from his numerous writings. Included are: Burkes defense of the American colonists His advocacy of secure property rights His love of Christianity and Europes moral tradition His impassioned jeremiad against the destruction wrought by the French Revolution Stanliss introduction gives important insight into Burkes early life education professional training literary and political career prose style political philosophy and more.