Edmund Burke: “In the name of common sense, why should the Duke of Bedford think that none but of the House of Russell are entitled to…”

Their trust for the future preservation of the Constitution was not in future revolutions.

Who could flatter himself that these men, suddenly, and as it were by enchantment, snatched from the humblest rank of subordination, would not be intoxicated with their unprepared greatness?

The speculative line of demarcation, where obedience ought to end and resistance must begin, is faint, obscure, and not easily definable.

They have little regard to the obvious consequences of their doctrine, though they may see that it leaves positive authority in very few of the positive institutions of this country.