The two leading powers kept alive a constant cabal and conspiracy in every state, and the political dogmas concerning the constitution of a republic were the great instruments by which these leading states chose to aggrandize themselves.
Burke describes how leading powers manipulated political ideologies to enhance their own influence.
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