One thing only is certain in this scheme, which is an effect seemingly collateral, but direct, I have no doubt, in the minds of those who conduct this business; that is, its effect in producing an oligarchy in every one of the republics.
Burke asserts that a certain outcome of the French revolutionary financial scheme, though appearing indirect, is the deliberate creation of an oligarchy in each new republic.
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