Edmund Burke: “When this game is played, I really think it is more to be feared that…”

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When this game is played, I really think it is more to be feared that the people will be exhausted than that government will not be supplied.

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Edmund Burke

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Burke expresses concern that the people may suffer exhaustion from political struggles more than the government will lack resources.

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They come from one who has been no tool of power, no flatterer of greatness, and who in his last acts does not wish to belie the tenor of his life.

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They will become flatterers instead of legislators,--the instruments, not the guides of the people.

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Edmund Burke: “When this game is played, I really think it is more to be feared that the people will be exhausted than that government…”