On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
They have forgot, that, when they framed democratic governments, they had virtually dismembered their country.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “They have forgot, that, when they framed democratic governments, they had virtually dismembered their country.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke contends that the architects of the French Revolution, in creating democratic governments, inadvertently fractured the unity of their nation.
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