...earth to argue another Englishman into slavery. . . . My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood,...protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with...

...blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties which, though light as air. are strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep...associated with your government, — they will cling and grapple to you, and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance." Nothing...

...clearly had this idea of the colonies. " My hold of the colonies," he says, " is the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood,...protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with...

...America, transmitted hither ? Do not delude yourselves ! You never can receive it — no, not a shilling ! Let the Colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government, and they will cling and grapple to you. These are ties which, though light as air, are strong as links...

...generous governments from protected freedom. . . . My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. . . . Let us get an American revenue as we have got an American empire. English privileges have made...

...or Algiers as at Brusa or Smyrna. " JIj hold of the colonies," he continued, "is in theck* affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges and eqiiJ protection. These are ties which, though light ».< air, are as strong as links of iron. Let...

...Peracat**. in her interest in the British Constitution. My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood,...associated with your government ; they will cling and grapple to you, and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance. But...

...attempting to hold the empire together by coercion, the mother country should foster "the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. . " Instead of insisting on Parliament's right to tax the colonies, or demanding that the individual...

...drew forth for his hearers the impalpable essence of interimperial co-operation: 'the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection . . . ties which though light as air are as strong as links of iron'. As an essential preliminary to...

...thirty other lands. Rather it denotes simply a relationship of Australia to Britain - a reminder of the ties which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron of which Edmund Burke spoke. I shall now say a little of some aspects of geography and history - well...