The most considerable of their acts have not been done by great majorities; and in this sort of near divisions, which carry only the constructive authority of the whole, strangers will consider reasons as well as resolutions.
Burke points out that significant decisions made by the Assembly were not supported by large majorities, raising questions about their authority.
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