The power of the House of Commons, direct or indirect, is, indeed, great: and long may it be able to preserve its greatness, and the spirit belonging to true greatness, at the full!--and it will do so, as long as it can keep the breakers of law in India from becoming the makers of law for England.
Burke warns that the greatness of the House of Commons depends on preventing those who violate law in India from influencing English legislation.
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