Much was necessarily to depend upon a person who was to preserve the moderation of a sovereign not supported by intrinsic power, and yet to maintain the dignity necessary to carry on the representation of political government, as well as the substance of the whole criminal justice of a great country.
Burke discusses the challenges of maintaining the dignity of a sovereign lacking intrinsic power.
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