I have ever wished a settled plan of our own, founded in the very essence of the American business, wholly unconnected with the events of the war, and framed in such a manner as to keep up our credit and maintain our system at home, in spite of anything which may happen abroad.
Burke advocates for a stable plan regarding American affairs, independent of wartime events.
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Whatever they are, I wish my countrymen rather to recommend to our neighbors the example of the British Constitution than to take models from them for the improvement of our own.
Those who know what virtuous liberty is cannot bear to see it disgraced by incapable heads, on account of their having high-sounding words in their mouths.
Rome, under her emperors, united the evils of both systems; and this unnatural combination was one great cause of her ruin.
The body of the people must not find the principles of natural subordination by art rooted out of their minds.
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