But I confess, possibly for want of this knowledge, my opinion is much more in favor of prudent management than of force,--considering force not as an odious, but a feeble instrument, for preserving a people so numerous, so active, so growing, so spirited as this, in a profitable and subordinate connection with us.
Burke advocates for prudent management over force in maintaining a beneficial relationship with the colonies, emphasizing the need for a thoughtful approach.
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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.
The improvements of the National Assembly are superficial, their errors fundamental.
I would not exclude alteration neither; but even when I changed, it should be to preserve.
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