Great difficulties have given a just value to economy; and our minister of the day must be an economist, whatever it may cost us.
Edmund Burke: “Great difficulties have given a just value to economy; and our minister of the day must be an economist, whatever it may…”
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Burke emphasizes the importance of economic prudence in the face of great challenges.
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