Radicals, and avowing our loyalty, but at the same time our determination to stand by the constitution, and to oppose all illegal attempts to violate it, and all new laws to alter its free nature." - Meaning and context.">
Letter to Lord Grey (1 November 1819), quoted in The Life and Times of Henry, Lord Brougham, Vol. II (1871), p. 351
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The more I see and hear, the more I conceive some clear, short, and firm declaration of the party necessary, separating ourselves (without offensive expressions) from the Radicals, and avowing our loyalty, but at the same time our determination to stand by the constitution, and to oppose all illegal attempts to violate it, and all new laws to alter its free nature.

— Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The more I see and hear, the more I conceive some clear, short, and firm declaration of the party necessary, separating ourselves (without offensive expressions) from the Radicals, and avowing our loyalty, but at the same time our determination to stand by the constitution, and to oppose all illegal attempts to violate it, and all new laws to alter its free nature." in the context of "Letter to Lord Grey (1 November 1819), quoted in The Life and Times of Henry, Lord Brougham, Vol. II (1871), p. 351" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

The Right Honourable Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, PC (September 19, 1778 – May 7, 1868) was a British statesman who became Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.