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The question is not, whether you are to overturn the Catholic, to set up the Protestant.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “The question is not, whether you are to overturn the Catholic, to set up the Protestant.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke emphasizes that the issue at hand is not about favoring one religion over another, but rather a broader concern.
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