Finding their schemes of politics not adapted to the state of the world in which they live, they often come to think lightly of all public principle, and are ready, on their part, to abandon for a very trivial interest what they find of very trivial value.
Burke critiques those who abandon public principles for trivial interests, reflecting on the fragility of political values.
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