QUOTE THOUGHTS#1

"Those who cultivate the memory of our Revolution, and those who are attached to the Constitution of this kingdom, will take good care how they are involved with persons who, under the pretext of zeal towards the Revolution and Constitution, too frequently wander from their true principles, and are ready on every occasion to depart from the firm, but cautious and deliberate, spirit which produced the one and which presides in the other." (Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1790)

I understand that when Mr. Burke speaks of the "Revolution" and the "Constitution" in this quote, he is speaking about the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the English Constituion. And yet, without editing the quote, beyond admittedly removing it from its context, I cannot help but feel that it could used just as well by me to advise my fellow citizens regarding the American Revolution and the Constitution of the United States.