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This circumstance assures some degree of permanence to the power of those whom we know to be permanently our rancorous and implacable enemies.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “This circumstance assures some degree of permanence to the power of those whom we know to be permanently our rancorous…”
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Burke warns that the enduring power of their enemies is assured by the current political circumstances.
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