On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
Can one hear of the proscription of such persons, and the confiscation of their effects, without indignation, and horror?
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Edmund Burke
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From his critique of the French Revolution, Burke questions how one can remain indifferent to the proscription and confiscation of property.
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