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It is no relief to their miserable circumstances; it is only an insult to their miserable understandings.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “It is no relief to their miserable circumstances; it is only an insult to their miserable understandings.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke critiques superficial solutions to poverty, asserting that they insult the intelligence of the poor.
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