Above all, he ought strictly to look to it, when men begin to form new combinations, to be distinguished by new names, and especially when they mingle a political system with their religious opinions, true or false, plausible or implausible.
Burke warns of the dangers when new political and religious combinations arise.
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To tell the people that they are relieved by the dilapidation of their public estate is a cruel and insolent imposition.
They will become flatterers instead of legislators,--the instruments, not the guides of the people.
To establish a current circulating credit upon any land-bank, under any circumstances whatsoever, has hitherto proved difficult at the very least.
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