The October speculator is of opinion that monarchy is of so poisonous a quality that a moderate territorial power is far more dangerous to its neighbors under that abominable regimen than the greatest empire in the hands of a republic.
Burke critiques the nature of monarchy, suggesting that it poses a greater danger than a republic.
Share
More from Edmund Burke
By adhering in this manner and on those principles to our forefathers, we are guided, not by the superstition of antiquarians, but by the spirit of philosophic analogy.
A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
Their trust for the future preservation of the Constitution was not in future revolutions.
Other voices in this conversation
