Instead of inspiring me with dislike and distrust of the unfortunate, engaged with us in a common cause against our Jacobin enemy, they take away all my esteem for their own characters, and all my deference to their judgment.
Burke laments that instead of fostering unity, certain individuals diminish his respect for them in the face of a common enemy.
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