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The people like short methods; the consequences of which they sometimes have reason to repent of.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “The people like short methods; the consequences of which they sometimes have reason to repent of.”
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Burke warns that the public's preference for quick solutions can lead to regret.
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