They have been told that their dissent from violent measures is an encouragement to rebellion. Men of great presumption and little knowledge will hold a language which is contradicted by the whole course of history. General rebellions and revolts of an whole people never were encouraged, now or at any time. They are always provoked.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "They have been told that their dissent from violent measures is an encouragement to rebellion. Men of great presumption and little knowledge will hold a language which is contradicted by the whole course of history. General rebellions and revolts of an whole people never were encouraged, now or at any time. They are always provoked." in the context of "Edmund Burke, Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol (3 April 1777)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.