It is certainly necessary to resort to the theory of your government, whenever you propose any alteration in the frame of it,--whether that alteration means the revival of some former antiquated and forsaken constitution of state, or the introduction of some new improvement in the commonwealth.
Burke argues for the need to understand government theory when proposing changes to it.
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