I would myself have dismissed him, had the control of this province come within the line of my powers, and have established such regulations and checks as would have been most likely to prevent the like irregularities.
Burke reflects on the need for strong regulations and checks to prevent governance failures, indicating his proactive stance on leadership.
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An irregular, convulsive movement may be necessary to throw off an irregular, convulsive disease.
The speculative line of demarcation, where obedience ought to end and resistance must begin, is faint, obscure, and not easily definable.
A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
This is the spirit of our Constitution, not only in its settled course, but in all its revolutions.
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