Reflections on the Revolution in France and Rights of Man

Reflections on the Revolution in France is a slashing attack on the French Revolution by one of Britain''s most famous statesmen. Liberty and social order, Burke argues, are maintained by the traditional rights and duties embedded in custom and law. And when these traditions are overthrown in revolutions, society is threatened with chaos, bloodshed and despotism.

In Rights of Man, Thomas Paine argu...