Having run round the whole circle of the European system, wherever it acts, I must affirm that all the foreign powers who are not leagued with France for the utter destruction of all balance through Europe and throughout the world demand other assurances from this kingdom than are given in that Declaration.
Burke claims that foreign powers expect more than mere declarations from England regarding its stance on France.
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The engagement and pact of society, which generally goes by the name of the Constitution, forbids such invasion and such surrender.
A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
But the course of succession is the healthy habit of the British Constitution.
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