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It is remarkable that they never see any way to their projected good but by the road of some evil.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “It is remarkable that they never see any way to their projected good but by the road of some evil.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke observes that those pursuing good often see no path to it without engaging in some form of evil.
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