When they know that they cannot be whispered out of their duty, that their public conduct cannot be censured without a public discussion, that the schemes which they have begun will not be committed to those who will have an interest and credit in defeating and disgracing them, then we may entertain hopes.
Burke expresses hope for effective governance when officials are secure in their duties and protected from undue influence.
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The people of England will not ape the fashions they have never tried, nor go back to those which they have found mischievous on trial.
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