Edmund Burke: “I impeach him in the name of the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, whose Parliamentary trust he has…”

Not being illuminated with the light of which the gentlemen of France tell us they have got so abundant a share, they acted under a strong impression of the ignorance and fallibility of mankind.

The improvements of the National Assembly are superficial, their errors fundamental.

Our people will find employment enough for a truly patriotic, free, and independent spirit, in guarding what they possess from violation.

If any of them should happen to propose a scheme of liberty soberly limited, and defined with proper qualifications, he will be immediately outbid by his competitors, who will produce something more splendidly popular.