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Whilst government publicly avows hostility to that people, as a part of a regular system, there is no road they can take which does not lead to their ruin.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgWhilst government publicly avows hostility to that people, as a part of a regular system, there is no road they can take which does not lead to their ruin.
Burke asserts that hostility from the government towards a people leads to their inevitable ruin.
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