We have been too early instructed, and too long habituated to believe, that the only firm seat of all authority is in the minds, affections, and interests of the people, to change our opinions on the theoretic reasonings of speculative men, or for the convenience of a mere temporary arrangement of state.
Burke asserts that true authority lies in the minds and interests of the people, not in theoretical reasoning.
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