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These madmen, to be cured, must first, like other madmen, be subdued.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “These madmen, to be cured, must first, like other madmen, be subdued.”
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Burke suggests that those who are mad must first be subdued in order to be cured, drawing a parallel to the treatment of mental illness.
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