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They are made to be their subjects, not to be their arbiters or controllers.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “They are made to be their subjects, not to be their arbiters or controllers.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke argues that some people are meant to be ruled rather than to rule themselves.
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