# Thomas Paine Versus Edmund Burke, Part 8

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/thomas-paine-versus-edmund-burke-part-8>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** January 25, 2017

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George H. Smith explains Edmund Burke’s argument against majority rule and a constitution based on the consent of the governed.

[Originally published in essay form on June 13, 2014.](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/thomas-paine-versus-edmund-burke-part-8)

_Narrated by Daniel Hyland._