On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
Whatever they are, I wish my countrymen rather to recommend to our neighbors the example of the British Constitution than to take models from them for the improvement of our own.
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Edmund Burke
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Editor's note · Context
In his Reflections, Burke advises his British countrymen to uphold their own constitutional model rather than adopting the revolutionary changes occurring in France.
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