On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
Executive magistracy ought to be constituted in such a manner that those who compose it should be disposed to love and to venerate those whom they are bound to obey.
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Edmund Burke
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From his critique of the French Revolution, Burke describes the ideal disposition of executive power towards the people.
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