I am as incapable of that injustice as I am of keeping terms with those who profess principles of extremes, and who, under the name of religion, teach little else than wild and dangerous politics.
In his reflections on the French Revolution, Burke declares his opposition to those who use religion to promote extreme and dangerous political ideologies.
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