They whose known policy it is to assassinate every citizen whom they suspect to be discontented by their tyranny, and to corrupt the soldiery of every open enemy, must look for no modified hostility.
Burke describes the brutal tactics employed by the French regime against dissenters and enemies.
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It was not made to entice the smell of a mole, nuzzling and burying himself in his mother earth, as yours is.
Every honest mind, every true lover of liberty and humanity, must rejoice to find that injustice is not always good policy, nor rapine the high-road to riches.
Let us imitate their caution, if we wish to deserve their fortune or to retain their bequests.
The body of the people must not find the principles of natural subordination by art rooted out of their minds.
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