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Edmund Burke: It disposes men to an abject submission, not by opinion, which may be shaken by argument or altered by passion, but by…

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It disposes men to an abject submission, not by opinion, which may be shaken by argument or altered by passion, but by the strong ties of public and private interest.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke discusses how public and private interests can lead to submissiveness, beyond mere opinion.

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