Edmund Burke: “They are therefore not only devoted to liberty, but to liberty according to English ideas and on English principles.”

They come from one who has been no tool of power, no flatterer of greatness, and who in his last acts does not wish to belie the tenor of his life.

They will become flatterers instead of legislators,--the instruments, not the guides of the people.

Let us imitate their caution, if we wish to deserve their fortune or to retain their bequests.

The improvements of the National Assembly are superficial, their errors fundamental.