Some eminent persons discover an apprehension that the monarchy, if restored in France, may be restored in too great strength for the liberty and happiness of the natives, and for the tranquillity of other states.
Burke notes concerns about the potential restoration of a strong monarchy in France and its implications for liberty.
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This is the spirit of our Constitution, not only in its settled course, but in all its revolutions.
The speculative line of demarcation, where obedience ought to end and resistance must begin, is faint, obscure, and not easily definable.
Their trust for the future preservation of the Constitution was not in future revolutions.
A few years ago I should be ashamed to overload a matter so capable of supporting itself by the then unnecessary support of any argument; but this seditious, unconstitutional doctrine is now publicly taught, avowed, and printed.
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