His expressions are remarkable:--"Courts of law ought to concur with courts of equity in the execution of those powers which are very convenient to be inserted in settlements; and they ought not to listen to nice distinctions that savor of the schools, but to be guided by true good sense and manly reason.
Burke advocates for a practical approach in law that prioritizes common sense over rigid distinctions.
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They have little regard to the obvious consequences of their doctrine, though they may see that it leaves positive authority in very few of the positive institutions of this country.
The engagement and pact of society, which generally goes by the name of the Constitution, forbids such invasion and such surrender.
This is the spirit of our Constitution, not only in its settled course, but in all its revolutions.
This idea of a liberal descent inspires us with a sense of habitual native dignity, which prevents that upstart insolence almost inevitably adhering to and disgracing those who are the first acquirers of any distinction.
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