I think democracy will be just as reasonable as any other sensible form of government, and I do not believe democracy will for a moment think that you are to rip up a settlement of an administrative or constitutional question, because it jars with some abstract a priori idea.
Morley defends democracy, arguing it should not disrupt settled governance for abstract ideals.
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What I expect is a healthful, slow fermentation in many minds, working towards the final product.
What I wish to insist upon is, not that that system was good, but that the statesman who undertook to overthrow it, should have had something to put in its place.
Is it natural effervescence, or is it deadly fermentation?
But Turgot was one of those severe and scrupulous souls, to whom a wicked promise does not cease to be degrading by becoming hypocritical.
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