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When great multitudes act together, under that discipline of Nature, I recognize the PEOPLE.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “When great multitudes act together, under that discipline of Nature, I recognize the PEOPLE.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke recognizes the collective action of disciplined multitudes as the true expression of the people.
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