A governor is to conform himself to the laws of his own country, to the stipulations of those that employ him, and not to the lewd customs of any other country: those customs are more honored in the breach than in the observance.
Burke asserts that a governor should adhere to the laws of their own country rather than foreign customs.
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The improvements of the National Assembly are superficial, their errors fundamental.
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