Is it because liberty in the abstract may be classed amongst the blessings of mankind, that I am seriously to felicitate a madman who has escaped from the protecting restraint and wholesome darkness of his cell on his restoration to the enjoyment of light and liberty?
In his critique of the French Revolution, Burke uses a vivid analogy to question the uncritical celebration of abstract liberty without regard for its practical implications or dangers.
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