Do we not see their most considerable and accredited ministers, and several of their party of weight and importance, active in spreading mischievous opinions, in giving sanction to seditious writings, in promoting seditious anniversaries? and what part of their description has disowned them or their proceedings?
Burke critiques the actions of influential ministers who promote dangerous ideas and seditious activities.
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