They who call upon you to belong wholly to the people are those who wish you to return to your proper home,--to the sphere of your duty, to the post of your honor, to the mansion-house of all genuine, serene, and solid satisfaction.
Burke argues for a return to duty and honor, suggesting that true satisfaction lies in fulfilling one's responsibilities.
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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.
The improvements of the National Assembly are superficial, their errors fundamental.
Whatever they are, I wish my countrymen rather to recommend to our neighbors the example of the British Constitution than to take models from them for the improvement of our own.
Let us imitate their caution, if we wish to deserve their fortune or to retain their bequests.
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