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That's Burke's point.  The controlling power will either be inherent or external.  Inherent = liberty, external = tyranny.  Choose.

David, Phoenix

What is really sad is your failure and that of those immediately below you to grasp the actual essence of Burke's observation. Burke was not a statist, not even close.  He was a staunch Lockean of republican government and individual liberty!  What he's saying is that the natural repercussions of immorality are tyranny and injustice, for where the heart of the body politic goes is where the body of their positive law will go.  They will stupidly enslave themselves.

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