They who are to live in the vicinity of this new fabric are to prepare to live in perpetual conspiracies and seditions, and to end at last in being conquered, if not to her dominion, to her resemblance.
Burke warns that living near a new power can lead to constant unrest and eventual domination.
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The improvements of the National Assembly are superficial, their errors fundamental.
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