We have shown a disposition to a system of this kind,--a disposition even to continue the restraint after the offence,--looking on ourselves as rivals to our colonies, and persuaded that of course we must gain all that they shall lose.
Burke expresses concern that the British government views its colonies as competitors rather than partners, leading to detrimental policies.
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I would not exclude alteration neither; but even when I changed, it should be to preserve.
The improvements of the National Assembly are superficial, their errors fundamental.
They come from one who has been no tool of power, no flatterer of greatness, and who in his last acts does not wish to belie the tenor of his life.
But when the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service.
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