For they even now show to those who have been at the pains to examine them, and they may show one day to all the world, that these rebellions were not produced by toleration, but by persecution,--that they arose not from just and mild government, but from the most unparalleled oppression.
Burke argues that the rebellions in Ireland stemmed from oppression rather than tolerance, challenging common misconceptions.
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Not being illuminated with the light of which the gentlemen of France tell us they have got so abundant a share, they acted under a strong impression of the ignorance and fallibility of mankind.
Whatever they are, I wish my countrymen rather to recommend to our neighbors the example of the British Constitution than to take models from them for the improvement of our own.
They will become flatterers instead of legislators,--the instruments, not the guides of the people.
The prattling about the rights of men will not be accepted in payment of a biscuit or a pound of gunpowder.
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