Which quotes BEST supports the central idea of the section “The View of a Tory”?

A.
My profits floated away like tea leaves floating in the wind. (paragraph 7)

B.
Tea tax or not, the price of tea today is less than it was one year ago. (paragraph 9)

C.
The government doesn’t need to heed the calls of every angry multitude. (paragraph 9b)

D.
Anything other than paying one’s taxes of following the laws is brute savagery. (paragraph 10)