I, for one, protest against compounding our demands: I declare against compounding, for a poor limited sum, the immense, ever-growing, eternal debt which is due to generous government from protected freedom.
Burke vehemently opposes settling for a limited sum in exchange for the ongoing debt owed to freedom by the government.
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