I go farther: it must keep alive some part of that fire of jealousy eternally and chastely burning, or it cannot be the British Constitution.
Edmund Burke: “I go farther: it must keep alive some part of that fire of jealousy eternally and chastely burning, or it cannot be the…”
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Burke emphasizes the importance of maintaining a vigilant spirit of jealousy towards the crown in the British Constitution.
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