If ever the body of this compound Constitution of ours is subverted, either in favor of unlimited monarchy or of wild democracy, that ruin will most certainly be the result of this very sort of machinations against the House of Commons.
Burke warns that the subversion of the constitution could lead to ruin, driven by certain political machinations.
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