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To: DWW1990

Burke is one of my heroes.

It’s fair to point out that he wrote his “Reflections” long before the Revolution went off the rails and headed off down the Terror Road. They were still pretty much at the constitutional monarchy stage. All the Founders were still supporting it.

Burke was unbelievably prescient, given that nobody had ever seen a Revolution of this type before. He essentially predicted the next 25 years in 1790.

He also supported the principles behind the American Revolution, though not their war against UK.


6 posted on 03/20/2015 10:37:08 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: Sherman Logan

I’m a fan of Burke as well. Sadly, not many today are familiar with his “prescience.”


7 posted on 03/20/2015 11:05:26 AM PDT by DWW1990
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