It is strange, but it may be true, that, as the danger from Jacobinism is increased in my eyes and in yours, the fear of it is lessened in the eyes of many people who formerly regarded it with horror.
Burke reflects on the paradox of increasing fear of Jacobinism despite its diminishing horror for some.
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The body of the people must not find the principles of natural subordination by art rooted out of their minds.
It is an evil inevitably attendant on the dominion of sovereign democratic republics.
But when the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service.
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