For, if it be one of the objects to secure the weak from being crushed by the strong, (as in all society undoubtedly it is,) how are the smaller and poorer of these masses to be saved from the tyranny of the more wealthy?
Burke questions how the French revolutionary system, which aims to protect the weak, can prevent the tyranny of the wealthy over poorer groups.
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