But to descend from the author's generalities a little nearer to meaning, the security given to liberty is this,--"that governments will have learned not to precipitate themselves into embarrassments by speculative wars.
Burke argues that governments should learn from past mistakes to avoid unnecessary conflicts that threaten liberty.
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