If the disorder you speak of be real and considerable, you ought to raise an aristocratic interest, that is, an interest of property and education, amongst them,--and to strengthen, by every prudent means, the authority and influence of men of that description.
Burke advocates for raising the status of the lower classes through education and property ownership.
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