But I cannot stand forward, and give praise or blame to anything which relates to human actions and human concerns on a simple view of the object, as it stands stripped of every relation, in all the nakedness and solitude of metaphysical abstraction.
In his reflections on the French Revolution, Burke articulates his opposition to judging human affairs based solely on abstract principles, detached from specific circumstances.
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Our people will find employment enough for a truly patriotic, free, and independent spirit, in guarding what they possess from violation.
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