My Lords, we have here a new nobility, who have risen and exalted themselves by various merits,--by great military services which have extended the fame of this country from the rising to the setting sun.
Burke acknowledges the contributions of a new nobility that has emerged through military service.
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The speculative line of demarcation, where obedience ought to end and resistance must begin, is faint, obscure, and not easily definable.
The ceremony of cashiering kings, of which these gentlemen talk so much at their ease, can rarely, if ever, be performed without force.
Those who are servants in name, as well as in effect, do not like to be told of their situation, their duty, and their obligations.
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