This famed Payne edition of is universally revered by students of English history and political thought. Volume 1, , contains Burke’s brilliant defense of the American colonists’ complaints of British policy, including “Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents” (1770), “Speech on American Taxation” (1774), and “Speech on Conciliation” (1775). (1917–2009) was Professor of Political Science at Fordham University from 1966 until his retirement in 1988.