Full Idea
Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgement; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion
Gist of Idea
Your representative owes you his judgement, and betrays you if he gives your opinion instead
Source
Edmund Burke (Address to the Voters of Bristol [1774]), quoted by Adam Swift - Political Philosophy (3rd ed)
Book Reference
Swift,Adam: 'Political Philosophy (3rd edn)' [Polity 2014], p.196
A Reaction
Nice rhetoric, but I'm not sure about the logic of it. Do I betray you if I give my stupid judgement rather than your wise one? Am I so arrogant as to think my judgement is always preferable? His audience was entirely of property owners.