The interest of that portion of social arrangement is a trust in the hands of all those who compose it; and as none but bad men would justify it in abuse, none but traitors would barter it away for their own personal advantage.
Burke asserts that the well-being of any social group is a sacred trust, condemning those who would betray it for personal gain.
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