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It is necessary to coerce the negligent, to restrain the violent, and to aid the weak and deficient, by the overruling plenitude of her power.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “It is necessary to coerce the negligent, to restrain the violent, and to aid the weak and deficient, by the overruling…”
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Burke emphasizes the necessity of a strong governing power to manage societal issues.
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