“ If civil society be made for the advantage of man, all the advantages for which it is made become his right. ”
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790). copy citation
| Author | Edmund Burke |
|---|---|
| Source | Reflections on the Revolution in France |
| Topic | society advantage |
| Date | 1790 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | |
| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Reflections_on_the_Revolution_in_France |
Context
“(if I were of power to give or to withhold) the real rights of
men. In denying their false claims of right, I do not mean to injure those
which are real, and are such as their pretended rights would totally
destroy. If civil society be made for the advantage of man, all the
advantages for which it is made become his right. It is an institution of
beneficence; and law itself is only beneficence acting by a rule. Men have
a right to live by that rule; they have a right to do justice, as between
their fellows, whether their fellows are in public function or in ordinary”
source
