The persons who have thus squandered away the precious treasure of their crimes, the persons who have made this prodigal and wild waste of public evils, (the last stake reserved for the ultimate ransom of the state,) have met in their progress with little, or rather with no opposition at all.
Burke observes that the individuals responsible for the destruction in France faced virtually no opposition in their actions.
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