It relieved the real sufferers; it strengthened the state; and, by the disorders that ensued, we had clear evidence that there lurked a temper somewhere which ought not to be fostered by the laws.
Burke argues that the act in question had beneficial effects, despite the chaos that followed.
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I would not exclude alteration neither; but even when I changed, it should be to preserve.
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