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He, who at the present time, is favourable, or even fair, to that system, must act towards it as towards a friend with frailties, who is under the prosecution of implacable foes.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke suggests that one must treat a flawed monarchy with the same care as a friend facing hostility.
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