Now, I ask, what advantage do you find that the places which abound in representation possess over others in which it is more scanty, in security for freedom, in security for justice, or in any one of those means of procuring temporal prosperity and eternal happiness the ends for which society was formed?
Burke challenges the notion that representation guarantees freedom and justice.
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The body of the people must not find the principles of natural subordination by art rooted out of their minds.
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