I am perfectly indifferent concerning the pretexts upon which we torment one another,--or whether it be for the constitution of the Church of England, or for the constitution of the State of England, that people choose to make their fellow-creatures wretched.
Burke expresses indifference to the reasons behind human suffering, emphasizing the need for compassion.
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If all the absurd theories of lawyers and divines were to vitiate the objects in which they are conversant, we should have no law and no religion left in the world.
This is the spirit of our Constitution, not only in its settled course, but in all its revolutions.
The engagement and pact of society, which generally goes by the name of the Constitution, forbids such invasion and such surrender.
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