even through henry viii. parliament survived, waxing and waning, more powerful, less powerful, and that survival and that growth, i think, is why we are the way we are today. burke's opposition to the french revolution was a very contrarian notion. it was so contrarian -- although, you have to wonder, what was george iii thinking? they're going across the channel and killing kings? you know the channel they're talking about, the fog rolls in and the rest of the continent is separated from britain because they can't see across the channel. maybe that's what george thought. but it was a very contrarian view, and in fact, burke broke with the leader of his party over his opposition of the french revolution. ultimately, the party came back to him and the king actually said, burke, i've read your book. i think you're right. so maybe we should add to history, tradition and experience a willingness to be persiste persistent, not necessarily resista resistant, but persistent. his reaction to the french revolution gal

all through this change, even through henry the viii, parliament survived, waxing and waning and more powerful, less powerful, and that survival and that growth i think is why we are the way we are today. burke's opposition to the french revolution was a very contrary notion. it was so contrarian -- although you have to wonder what was george iii thinking, killing kings across the channel they talk about the fog rolls in and the rest of the continent is separated from britain because they can't see across the channel. maybe that's what george thought. it was a very contrary view and in fact burke broke with the leader of his party over his opposition to the french revolution. ultimately the party came back to him and the king said, burke, i have read your book. i think you're right. maybe we should add a willingness to be persistent, not necessarily resistant but persistent. his reaction to the french revolution galvanized an already conservative inclination which had been developed because of the history that was so proximate to his life and so clear to him followed on by during his