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Edmund Burke: “If I understand the temper of the public at this moment, a very great part of the lower and some of the middling people…”

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If I understand the temper of the public at this moment, a very great part of the lower and some of the middling people of this city are in a very critical disposition, and such as ought to be managed with firmness and delicacy.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke observes the critical disposition of the public and the need for careful management by authorities.

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