I have stated them, I trust, with perspicuity,--stated the grounds and principles upon which they were made,--stated the abuses that grew upon them,--and that every revolution produced its abuse.
Burke emphasizes the clarity with which he has presented the complexities of governance and its resulting abuses.
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