Edmund Burke: “In my apprehension, as long as English government is attempted to be supported over Englishmen by the sword alone…”

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

But when the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service.

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.

Our people will find employment enough for a truly patriotic, free, and independent spirit, in guarding what they possess from violation.