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The parties are the gamesters; but government keeps the table, and is sure to be the winner in the end.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “The parties are the gamesters; but government keeps the table, and is sure to be the winner in the end.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke uses a gambling metaphor to illustrate that while parties compete, the government ultimately benefits from their conflicts.
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