They suppose, indeed, a certain portion of liberty to be essential to all good government; but they infer that this liberty is to be blended into the government, to harmonize with its forms and its rules, and to be made subordinate to its end.
Burke discusses the relationship between liberty and government, emphasizing the need for liberty to be integrated into governance.
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