But as we have scarcely ever the same certainty in the one that we have in the other, I would, unless the truth were evident indeed, hold fast to peace, which has in her company charity, the highest of the virtues.
Burke emphasizes the importance of prioritizing peace and charity over the pursuit of truth when certainty is lacking.
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It is an evil inevitably attendant on the dominion of sovereign democratic republics.
They will become flatterers instead of legislators,--the instruments, not the guides of the people.
In some people I see great liberty, indeed; in many, if not in the most, an oppressive, degrading servitude.
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