Let him (and I trust that yet he will) employ all the energy of his youth and all the resources of his wealth to crush rebellious principles which have no foundation in morals, and rebellious movements that have no provocation in tyranny.
Burke emphasizes the importance of moral foundations in political actions against rebellion.
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