Every fear, every hope, will forward it; and then they who persist in opposing this mighty current in human affairs will appear rather to resist the decrees of Providence itself than the mere designs of men.
Burke warns that opposing the current of change may be seen as resisting a higher power.
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Of this consolation whoever deprives them deadens their industry, and strikes at the root of all acquisition as of all conservation.
To tell the people that they are relieved by the dilapidation of their public estate is a cruel and insolent imposition.
Our people will find employment enough for a truly patriotic, free, and independent spirit, in guarding what they possess from violation.
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