What sort of person is a king to command executory service, who has no means whatsoever to reward it:--not in a permanent office; not in a grant of land; no, not in a pension of fifty pounds a year; not in the vainest and most trivial title?
From his critique of the French Revolution, Burke questions how a king stripped of all means of reward can effectively command executive service.
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