It is singular that they report nothing against the crown, nothing against the lords: but in the House of Commons everything is unsound; it is ruinous in every part; it is infested by the dry rot, and ready to tumble about our ears without their immediate help.
Burke critiques the selective reporting of issues in government, highlighting a bias against the House of Commons.
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