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You would not cure the evil by resolving that there should be no more monarchs, nor ministers of state, nor of the Gospel,--no interpreters of law, no general officers, no public councils.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke argues that simply removing institutions will not solve the underlying issues of power and governance.
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