This keeps their minds in a suspended and anxious state, which may very easily be exasperated by an injudicious severity into desperate resolutions,--or by weak measures on the part of government it may be encouraged to the pursuit of courses which may be of the most dangerous consequences to the public.
Burke warns that the public's anxious state can be exacerbated by either harsh or weak government measures.
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