But when, the Barbarians, after destroying the Empire, had at length submitted their necks to the Gospel, their kings and great men, full of zeal and gratitude to their instructors, endowed the Church with large territories and great privileges.
Burke explains how barbarian leaders, after converting to Christianity, endowed the Church with land and privileges, reflecting a shift in power dynamics.
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It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.
Never did a state, in any case, enrich itself by the confiscations of the citizens.
The body of the people must not find the principles of natural subordination by art rooted out of their minds.
But to form a free government, that is, to temper together these opposite elements of liberty and restraint in one consistent work, requires much thought, deep reflection, a sagacious, powerful, and combining mind.
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