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Thus the man who lives in the exercise of arbitrary power condemns himself to eternal ignorance.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgThus the man who lives in the exercise of arbitrary power condemns himself to eternal ignorance.
Burke argues that living under arbitrary power leads to ignorance and a lack of awareness.
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