his political philosophy and is the basis for conservatism. He felt the French violated his views on nature, to evolve rather than revolt. “The error of Dr. Price and his friends was to follow the French doctrine of natural rights. This, in turn, led them to take the constitutional exceptions for the rule, and to support not a gradual change but revolution.”8 Burke was against the French Revolution, and he felt the newly formed government was a disaster waiting to happen. “Burke’s hideous prophecies (about French revolution) were coming true “9– they killed King Louis XVI – France had a civil war- France declared war on Great Britain – rebellions against the revolution – terror campaign by revolutionists against rebels – rise of a strong military leader that will eventually rule France (Napoleon).
Burke says that the beginning of forming a government is tangled because of all the disagreements between all the officials involved. To him, the best way to judge a government is to tell how they became better over time in the la...