Far, far from the Commons of Great Britain be all manner of real vice; but ten thousand times further from them, as far as from pole to pole, be the whole tribe of false, spurious, affected, counterfeit, hypocritical virtues!
Burke passionately rejects false virtues, advocating for genuine moral integrity in the Commons of Great Britain.
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