Now heeding Emerson's lesson "a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds", I revised Burke's words somewhat to make them (hopefully) more powerful to modern ears:
But Americans anticipate the evil of bad government by recognizing the malignant principle behind the stupid decision.
Thus they portend government corruption and snuff out the flames in the kindling before they turn into a wildfire. Their noses sniff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze."
Great quote...